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Page 65
Causeless discontent and seditious violence will grow less frequent , and less
formidable , as the science of government is better ascertained , by a diligent
study of the theory of man . It is not indeed to be expected , that physical and
political ...
Causeless discontent and seditious violence will grow less frequent , and less
formidable , as the science of government is better ascertained , by a diligent
study of the theory of man . It is not indeed to be expected , that physical and
political ...
Page 118
Were the Switzers less free or less secure , because after their defection from the
house of Austria they had never been declared independent before the treaty of
Westphalia ? Is the king of France less a sovereign because the king of England
...
Were the Switzers less free or less secure , because after their defection from the
house of Austria they had never been declared independent before the treaty of
Westphalia ? Is the king of France less a sovereign because the king of England
...
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till I began to wish that our curiosity might hare been gratified with less trouble
and danger . We came at last to a place where we could overlook the river , and
saw a channel torn , as it seems , through black piles of stone , by which the
stream ...
till I began to wish that our curiosity might hare been gratified with less trouble
and danger . We came at last to a place where we could overlook the river , and
saw a channel torn , as it seems , through black piles of stone , by which the
stream ...
Page 370
They did not indeed go away in collective bodies , but withdrew invisibly , á few at
a time ; but the whole number of fugitives was not less , and the difference
between other times and this , is only the same as between evaporation and
effusion .
They did not indeed go away in collective bodies , but withdrew invisibly , á few at
a time ; but the whole number of fugitives was not less , and the difference
between other times and this , is only the same as between evaporation and
effusion .
Page 409
I was , however , less delighted with the elegance of the modern mansion , than
with the sullen dignity of the old castle . I clambered with Mr . Boswell among the
ruins , which afford striking images of ancient life . It is , like other castles , built ...
I was , however , less delighted with the elegance of the modern mansion , than
with the sullen dignity of the old castle . I clambered with Mr . Boswell among the
ruins , which afford striking images of ancient life . It is , like other castles , built ...
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Page 204 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
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Page 273 - We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated.
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Page 352 - ... always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by others : and seem never to have thought upon interrogating themselves ; so that if they do not know what they tell to be true, they likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false. Mr. Boswell was very diligent in his inquiries ; and the result of his investigations was, that the answer to the second question was commonly such as nullified the answer to the first.
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| Title | Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of Scotland Volume 8 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2007 |
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