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Page 11
... an Ambaffador , who , inftead of the Air and Mein of a Man of Quality , fhall appear with the fneaking Look of a Sheep Stealer ; if at fome publick Audience , Audience , when the Eyes of the whole Court fhould FOG'S JOURNAL . 11.
... an Ambaffador , who , inftead of the Air and Mein of a Man of Quality , fhall appear with the fneaking Look of a Sheep Stealer ; if at fome publick Audience , Audience , when the Eyes of the whole Court fhould FOG'S JOURNAL . 11.
Page 12
... whole Company an Idea of Contempt of his whole Nation ? I dare anfwer , it would ; nor is there any private Gentleman who was to tranfact an Affair by Proxy , that would be willing to be fo re- prefented . Cardinal Richlieu , in his ...
... whole Company an Idea of Contempt of his whole Nation ? I dare anfwer , it would ; nor is there any private Gentleman who was to tranfact an Affair by Proxy , that would be willing to be fo re- prefented . Cardinal Richlieu , in his ...
Page 16
... whole Design , by his Spies , and prefuming that he must be watch'd from that Time forward , he was very circumfpect for a while , ' till he had laid a Plot to bring himself off , which he effected in the following Manner . He goes one ...
... whole Design , by his Spies , and prefuming that he must be watch'd from that Time forward , he was very circumfpect for a while , ' till he had laid a Plot to bring himself off , which he effected in the following Manner . He goes one ...
Page 18
... whole Bufinefs , they were to be very learned in Chicane and Quibble , and if they were but ready in a certain Cant , or Jargon , peculiar to the Profellion , which they are pleas'd to mif - call Ora → tory , they filed one another ...
... whole Bufinefs , they were to be very learned in Chicane and Quibble , and if they were but ready in a certain Cant , or Jargon , peculiar to the Profellion , which they are pleas'd to mif - call Ora → tory , they filed one another ...
Page 19
... whole Family of his Eminence , for they undertook to prove upon us , that we had feditiously afferted in a Satyr , that there was not a Fool in Rome , but what was inclined to be a Knave . This was the heavy Charge againft us , and you ...
... whole Family of his Eminence , for they undertook to prove upon us , that we had feditiously afferted in a Satyr , that there was not a Fool in Rome , but what was inclined to be a Knave . This was the heavy Charge againft us , and you ...
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Page 59 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius.
Page 39 - Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That...
Page 276 - I'll readily give you Damn'd ignorant prelates, and counsellors privy. Then let us no longer by parsons be flamm'd, For we know by these marks the place of the damn'd: And HELL to be sure is at Paris or Rome. How happy for us that it is not at home!
Page 276 - Privy, Then let us no longer by Parfons be flamm'd, For We know by thefe Marks, the Place of the Damn'd : And HELL to be fure is at Paris or Rome, How happy for Us, that it is not at Home ! APOLLO: Or, a PROBLEM fohed.
Page 39 - Being for difabling Perfons from being chofen Members of, or fitting or voting in the Houfe of Commons, who have any Penfion during Pleafure, or for any Number of Years, or any Offices holden in Truft for them...
Page 40 - And by every fuch member of the houfe of commons, at the table in the middle of the faid houfe, and...
Page 40 - Houfe, as aforefaid, fuch Member fhall be, and is hereby adjudged and declared to be guilty of wilful and corrupt Perjury, and being thereof convicted by due Courfe of Law, fhall incur and fuffer the Pains and Penalties, which, by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, are...
Page 39 - ... sworn and declared, that they had not directly, nor indirectly, any pension during pleasure, or for any number of years, or any office in part, or in the whole, held for them, or for their benefit, by any persons whatsoever; and that they would not accept any such pensions or offices, without signifying the same to the house within fourteen days after they should be received or accepted.
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