The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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Page 242
So that the keenest of your arrows either fall short of him , or fly over his head .
We take it for a certain sign that you are at a loss for present grievances , when
you are thus forced to have recourse to your future prospects and future miseries
.
So that the keenest of your arrows either fall short of him , or fly over his head .
We take it for a certain sign that you are at a loss for present grievances , when
you are thus forced to have recourse to your future prospects and future miseries
.
Page 290
To show how hard they are set in this particular , there are several , who , for want
of other materials , are forced to represent the bill which has passed this session ,
for laying an additional tax of two shillings in the pound upon land , as a kind ...
To show how hard they are set in this particular , there are several , who , for want
of other materials , are forced to represent the bill which has passed this session ,
for laying an additional tax of two shillings in the pound upon land , as a kind ...
Page 307
I am forced to treat the disaffected part of his majesty ' s subjects in the same
manner , and may therefore reasonably expect the same returns of good will . I
propose nothing to myself but their happiness as the end of all my endeavours ;
and ...
I am forced to treat the disaffected part of his majesty ' s subjects in the same
manner , and may therefore reasonably expect the same returns of good will . I
propose nothing to myself but their happiness as the end of all my endeavours ;
and ...
Page 320
They were forced to clamber over so many rocks , and to tread upon the brink of
so many precipices , that they were very often in danger of their lives . Sawney
declared , that , for his own part , he walked in fear of his neck every step he took .
They were forced to clamber over so many rocks , and to tread upon the brink of
so many precipices , that they were very often in danger of their lives . Sawney
declared , that , for his own part , he walked in fear of his neck every step he took .
Page 418
I was forced to halt so often in this perpendicular march , that , upon my joining
him on the top of the pillar , I found he had counted all the steeples and towers
that were discernible from this advantageous situation , and was endeavouring to
...
I was forced to halt so often in this perpendicular march , that , upon my joining
him on the top of the pillar , I found he had counted all the steeples and towers
that were discernible from this advantageous situation , and was endeavouring to
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4 The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
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