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... letter , written by one who was an actual spectator of all that passed , and lately published from the original in the Paper - office , in a collection intituled , Miscellaneous State Papers , from 1501 to 1726 , 4to . London , 1778 ...
... letter , written by one who was an actual spectator of all that passed , and lately published from the original in the Paper - office , in a collection intituled , Miscellaneous State Papers , from 1501 to 1726 , 4to . London , 1778 ...
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... Letters , in two oc- tavo volumes , 1780. Not long afterwards he printed " A Letter to the East India Directors ; " which was followed by " An Ana- lysis of the Political History of India , " in an octavo volume ; " Thoughts on Martial ...
... Letters , in two oc- tavo volumes , 1780. Not long afterwards he printed " A Letter to the East India Directors ; " which was followed by " An Ana- lysis of the Political History of India , " in an octavo volume ; " Thoughts on Martial ...
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... Letter to the late Dr. Johnson , on the subject of a Future State ; " which he thus de- dicated to the Duke of Devonshire : " For inscribing the follow- ing Letter to your Grace , I shall make no apology , since justice requires you to ...
... Letter to the late Dr. Johnson , on the subject of a Future State ; " which he thus de- dicated to the Duke of Devonshire : " For inscribing the follow- ing Letter to your Grace , I shall make no apology , since justice requires you to ...
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... Letter to Dr. JOHNSON , stating the Proofs of the Christian Religion . " When doubts disturb'd the dying JOHNSON's breast , From thee , his long - tried Friend , he sought for rest ; Thy clearer reason chas'd the clouds away , And on ...
... Letter to Dr. JOHNSON , stating the Proofs of the Christian Religion . " When doubts disturb'd the dying JOHNSON's breast , From thee , his long - tried Friend , he sought for rest ; Thy clearer reason chas'd the clouds away , And on ...
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... letter ( con- stituting fifteen or sixteen pages ) is very severe , and as it should seem , with some justice , on one part of his work . The publish- ing it literally as it was received , ( it is added in a note ) is the fairest proof ...
... letter ( con- stituting fifteen or sixteen pages ) is very severe , and as it should seem , with some justice , on one part of his work . The publish- ing it literally as it was received , ( it is added in a note ) is the fairest proof ...
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Página 741 - Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Página 518 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called " A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 8vo.
Página 115 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Página 39 - God has made of one blood all the nations of men to dwell on the face of the...
Página 240 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.
Página 641 - How poor, neglected Desaguliers fell! How he who taught two gracious kings to view All Boyle ennobled and all Bacon knew. Died in a cell, without a friend to save, Without a guinea, and without a grave.
Página 340 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Página 400 - Nature, which I was at that time composing, this argument immediately occurred to me, and I thought it very much gravelled my companion ; but at last he observed to me, that it was impossible for that argument to have any solidity, because it operated equally against the Gospel as the Catholic miracles ; — which observation I thought proper to admit as a sufficient answer.
Página 516 - But these sallies of religious frenzy must not extinguish the praise which is due to Mr. William Law as a wit and a scholar. His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute, his manner is lively, his style forcible and clear ; and, had not his vigorous mind been clouded by enthusiasm, he might be ranked with the most agreeable and ingenious writers of the times.
Página 55 - Remarks on the Letters of an American Farmer; or, a Detection of the Errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John, pointing out the pernicious tendency of those Letters to Great Britain,