 | Algernon Sidney - 1805 - 522 pagina’s
...now like to be made a stage of injury; the * Familiar letters of John, late Earl of Rochester, etc. liberty which we hoped to establish, oppressed; luxury...means, as flattery and bribery ; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition? Is it a pleasure to see, that all I love in the world is sold... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 574 pagina’s
...oppressed ; all manner of profaneness, looseness, luxury, and lewdness, set up in its height, instead of piety, virtue, sobriety, and modesty, which we hoped...corrupted; the people enslaved ; all things vendible ; and no man safe but by such evil and infamous means as flattery and bribery; what joy can I have... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 572 pagina’s
...virtue, sobriety, and modesty, which we hoped God, by our hands, would have introduced ; the best of oor nation made a prey to the worst ; the parliament,...corrupted ; the people enslaved; all things vendible ; and' no man safe but by such evil and infamous means as flattery and bribery: what "joy can I have... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pagina’s
...oppressed, all Dimmer of profaneness, looseness, luxury, and lewdness set up in its height ; instead of piety, virtue, sobriety, and modesty, which we hoped...corrupted, the people enslaved, all things vendible, and no man safe, but by such evil and infamous means as flattery and bribery; what joy can I have in... | |
 | 1815 - 558 pagina’s
...at the very commencement of Charles's reign, he sagaciously anticipates its evils and its errors. " But when that country of mine, which used to be esteemed...made a prey to the worst ; the parliament, court, and arm}7, corrupted ; the people enslaved ; all things vendible ; no man safe, but by such evil and infamous... | |
 | 1814 - 774 pagina’s
...virtue, sobriety, and modesty, which we hoped, God, by our hands, would have introduced ; the best ot' our nation made a prey to the worst ; the parliament,...army, corrupted ; the people enslaved ; all things vondible ; no man safe, but by such evil and infamous means, as flattery and bribery ; what joy can... | |
 | 1815 - 554 pagina’s
...be made a stage of injury ; the liberty which we hoped to establish, oppressed ; luxury and lewdueas set up in its height, instead of the piety, virtue,...enslaved ; all things vendible ; no man safe, but by snch evil and infamous means, as flattery and bribery ; what joy can I have in my own country in this... | |
 | 1815 - 628 pagina’s
...modesty, which we Imped God, by our hands, would have introduced ; the best of our nation made aprey to the worst ; the parliament, court, and army, corrupted...means, as flattery and bribery ; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1816 - 574 pagina’s
...explained the motives of his conduct in a long letter to a friend, of which we shall quote some parts. ' " I am sorry I cannot in all things conform myself to...means, as flattery and bribery; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition? Is it a pleasure to see, that all I love in the world is sold... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 pagina’s
...of injury; the liberty, which we hoped to establish, oppressed ; luxury and lewdness set up in it's height, instead of the piety, virtue, sobriety, and...means as flattery and bribery — what joy can I have in my own country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see, that all I love in the world is sold... | |
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I think that being exiled from it is a great evil, and would redeem myself from it with the loss of a great deal of my blood. But when that country of mine, which used to be esteemed a paradise, is now like to be made a stage of injury ; the liberty which... 
