| Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 Seiten
...liberty of a people confifts in bemg governed by laws which they have made themfelves, under whatfoever form it be of government : The liberty of a private man, in being matter of his own time and actions, as far as may confift with the laws of God and of his countrey.... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 Seiten
...gone ; He grins, as he looks back, and howls, as he goes on. ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...far as may consist with the laws of God and of his countrey. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of life does best... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 Seiten
...wit and humour, but is most conspicuous in his imitations of Horace. HIIRO. ESSAYS. i. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...far as may consist with the laws of God and of his countrey. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of life does best... | |
| 1821 - 424 Seiten
...of wit and humour, but is most conspicuous in his imitations of Horace. — Hurd. ' I. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...may consist with the laws of God and of his country. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to inquire what estate of life does best seat us... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 246 Seiten
...and howls, as he goes on. ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE'. I. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consits in being governed by laws which they have made themselves,...far as may consist with the laws of God and of his countrey. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to inquire what estate of life does best... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 268 Seiten
...and howls, as he goes on. ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE'. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consits in being governed by laws which they have made themselves,...far as may consist with the laws of God and of his countrey. Of this latter only we are here to discourse, and to inquire what estate of life does best... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 Seiten
...and howls, as he goes on. SEVERAL DISCOURSES, BY WAY OF ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE. I. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...far as may consist with the laws of God, and of his countrey. Of this latter, only, we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of life does best... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 Seiten
...and howls, as he goes on. SEVERAL DISCOURSES, BY WAY OF ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE. I. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...far as may consist with the laws of God, and of his countrey. Of this latter, only, we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of life does best... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 296 Seiten
...and howls, as he goes on. SEVERAL DISCOURSES, BY WAY OF ESSAYS, IN VERSE AND PROSE. I. OF LIBERTY. THE liberty of a people consists in being governed...far as may consist with the laws of God} and of his countrey. Of this latter, only, we are here to discourse, and to enquire what estate of life does best... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...CLXXIV. True honour is to honesty what the court of chancery is to common law. — Shenstone. CLXXV. The liberty of a people consists in being governed...consist with the laws of God, and of his country. — Cowley. CLXXVT. We are never present with, but always beyond, ourselves. Fear, desire, and hope... | |
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