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Pagina vii
... but an arbiter elegantiarum , a judge of propriety , was yet wanting , who fhould furvey the track of daily converfation , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him .
... but an arbiter elegantiarum , a judge of propriety , was yet wanting , who fhould furvey the track of daily converfation , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him .
Pagina xiii
The earl of Sunderland proposed an act called the Peerage Bill , by which the number of peers fhould be fixed , and the king reftrained from any new creation of nobility , unlefs when an old family fhould be extinct .
The earl of Sunderland proposed an act called the Peerage Bill , by which the number of peers fhould be fixed , and the king reftrained from any new creation of nobility , unlefs when an old family fhould be extinct .
Pagina xiv
confidence and endearment , in unity of intereft , conformity of opinion , and fellowship of ftudy , fhould finally part in acrimonious oppofition . Such a controverfy was bellum plufquam civile , as Lucan expreffes it .
confidence and endearment , in unity of intereft , conformity of opinion , and fellowship of ftudy , fhould finally part in acrimonious oppofition . Such a controverfy was bellum plufquam civile , as Lucan expreffes it .
Pagina xxiv
Nor is it strange that this fhould happen to your Lordfhip , who could bring into the fetvice of your Sovereign the arts and policies of ancient Greece and Rome , as well as the moft exact knowledge of our own conftitution in particular ...
Nor is it strange that this fhould happen to your Lordfhip , who could bring into the fetvice of your Sovereign the arts and policies of ancient Greece and Rome , as well as the moft exact knowledge of our own conftitution in particular ...
Pagina xxv
But if I fhould take notice of all that might be observed in your Lordship , I fhould have nothing new to fay upon any other character of diftinction . I am , VOL . I. MY LORD , Your Lordship's moft obedient , most devoted , humble ...
But if I fhould take notice of all that might be observed in your Lordship , I fhould have nothing new to fay upon any other character of diftinction . I am , VOL . I. MY LORD , Your Lordship's moft obedient , most devoted , humble ...
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