 | Samuel Johnson - 1771 - 84 σελίδες
...devaftation ; and laugh from their defies at bravery and fcience, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract: from a new armament, and computing the profits of a fiege or tempeft. THOSE who fufFer their minds to dwell on thefe confederations will think it no great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 σελίδες
...devaftation ; and laugh from their defies at bravery and feience, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a fiege or tempeft. Thofe who fuffer their minds to dwell on thele confederations will think it no great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 σελίδες
...devaftationj and laugh from their defks at bravery and fcience, •while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a fiege or tempeft. Thofe who fuffer .their minds to dwell on thefe confiderations will think it no great... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1793 - 656 σελίδες
...their defks at " bravery and feience, while they are adding figure to figure, " and cypher to cypher, hoping for a new contract from a " new armament, and computing the profits of a fiege or " tempefh" " Thefe," faid Mr. Erfkine, " are the men, I know they *' are, who dwell in palaces... | |
 | James Anderson - 1800 - 632 σελίδες
....men who have made themselves so exceedingly deaf, as to add " figure to figure, and cypher to cypher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or a tempest."* I might now proceed to compliment the age in which I have the honour to live on the improvements... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 σελίδες
...devaftation ; and laugh from their defks at bravery and fcience, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and conv puting the profits of a fiege or tempeft. Thofe who fuffer their minds to dwell on thefe con(iderations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 σελίδες
...from their desks at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, aud cipher to cjpher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a iiege or tempest.. Those who suffer their minds to dwell on these considerations will think it no great... | |
 | George Beaumont - 1808 - 218 σελίδες
...from their desks at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, and cypher to cypher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or tempest. Faukland Islands. Rer. J. BRADLEY RHYS. \VHEN we lift our arm to plunge a dagger in a human breast,... | |
 | 1808 - 348 σελίδες
...their desks at bravery and science, while the)7 are adding figure to figure, and cypher to cypher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or a tempest/' The men who have thus grown rich on the miseries of their country, constitute the bulk... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 σελίδες
...devastation ; and laugh, from their desks at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a...the field, when they were able to obtain by quiet negociation all the real good that victory could have brought us. Of victory indeed every nation is... | |
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These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich as their country is impoverished ; they rejoice when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation ; and laugh from their desks at bravery and science, while... 
