The Examiner [and political tractsJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... army , and to the public funds . It may perhaps be worth inquiring , from what beginnings , and by what fteps , we have been brought into this desperate condition and in search of this , we must run up as high as the Revolution . : Most ...
... army , and to the public funds . It may perhaps be worth inquiring , from what beginnings , and by what fteps , we have been brought into this desperate condition and in search of this , we must run up as high as the Revolution . : Most ...
Σελίδα 28
... army , or those that lead it ? who , in all well instituted states , had no commerce with the civil power , farther than to receive their orders , and obey them without re- serve . When a general is not so popular , either in his army ...
... army , or those that lead it ? who , in all well instituted states , had no commerce with the civil power , farther than to receive their orders , and obey them without re- serve . When a general is not so popular , either in his army ...
Σελίδα 58
... army ; but being a matter wholly out of my trade , I shall handle it in as cau- tious a manner as I am able . It is certain , that the art of war has suffered great changes almost in every age and country of the world ; however , there ...
... army ; but being a matter wholly out of my trade , I shall handle it in as cau- tious a manner as I am able . It is certain , that the art of war has suffered great changes almost in every age and country of the world ; however , there ...
Σελίδα 59
... army ; but , having struck up a peace before they were embarked , he gave them leave to disband , upon condition they would pay him ten shillings a man , which amounted to a mighty sum in those days . Consider a kingdom as a great ...
... army ; but , having struck up a peace before they were embarked , he gave them leave to disband , upon condition they would pay him ten shillings a man , which amounted to a mighty sum in those days . Consider a kingdom as a great ...
Σελίδα 61
... army are servants , hired by the civil power to act , as they are directed thence , and with a commission large or limited , as the administration shall think fit ; for which they are largely paid in profit and honour . The whole system ...
... army are servants , hired by the civil power to act , as they are directed thence , and with a commission large or limited , as the administration shall think fit ; for which they are largely paid in profit and honour . The whole system ...
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Σελίδα 410 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Σελίδα 168 - The two houses of parliament, in an address to the queen, declared their belief, that Mr. Harley's fidelity to her majesty, and zeal for her service, had drawn upon him the hatred of all the abettors of popery and faction*.
Σελίδα 72 - Faith to be agreed upon as aforesaid; and such who profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, God co-equal with the Father and the Son, one God blessed for ever, and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the revealed Will and Word of God...
Σελίδα 63 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Σελίδα 13 - ... a reasonable honest man, of either side, upon those opinions in religion and government, which both parties daily buffet each other about, he shall hardly find one material point in difference between them.
Σελίδα 29 - I have therefore since thought of another expedient, frequently practised with great safety and success by satirical writers; which is, that of looking into history for some character bearing a resemblance to the person we would describe; and, with the absolute power of altering, adding, or suppressing what circumstances we please, I conceive we must have very bad luck, or very little skill, to fail.
Σελίδα 3 - But although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation, by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.
Σελίδα 107 - Socinian : he has never conversed with T[o]l[a]nd, to open and enlarge his thoughts, and dispel the prejudices of education ; nor was he ever able to arrive at that perfection of gallantry, to ruin and imprison the husband, in order to keep the wife without disturbance.1 The present l[or]d st[ewa]rd...
Σελίδα 315 - ... been unjustly taken from them; to revenge some injury they have received, which all political casuists allow; to assist some ally in a just quarrel; or, lastly, to defend themselves when they are invaded.
Σελίδα 356 - With these measures fell in all that set of people, who are called the monied men ; such as had raised vast sums by trading with stocks and funds, and lending upon great interest and premiums ; whose perpetual harvest is war, and whose beneficial way of traffic must very much decline by a peace.