Salmagundi; Or, The Whimwhams & Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others ...Putnam, 1869 - 473 strani |
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Stran 56 - ... of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people ; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.
Stran xvii - There are several houses pleasantly suited upon East River, near New York, where it is common to have turtle feasts: these happen once or twice in a week. Thirty or forty gentlemen and ladies meet and dine together, drink tea in the afternoon, fish and amuse themselves till evening, and then return home in Italian chaises...
Stran 65 - Vide Carr ; vide Moore ; vide Weld ; vide Parkinson ; vide Priest. Richard Parkinson, late of Orange Hill, near Baltimore, published in London, 1805, his tour in America, in 1798-1800, exhibiting sketches of Society and Manners, and a particular account of the American system of agriculture, etc.
Stran 298 - The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.