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Page 73 - ... &c. with a penalty, in case of disobedience, too long here to insert. However, after some pause, the brother so often mentioned for his erudition, who was well skilled in criticisms, had found in a certain author, which he said should be nameless, that the same word, which in the will is called fringe, does also signify a broom-stick *: and doubtless ought to have the same interpretation in this paragraph. This another of the brothers disliked, because of that epithet silver, which could not,...
Page 27 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 73 - Loo^ ye, Gentleman, cries Peter in a Rage, to convince you what a couple of blind, positive, ignorant Puppies you are, I will use but this plain Argument: By G , it is true, good, natural Mutton as any in Leaden-Hall Mar\et; and G confound you both eternally if you refuse to believe.
Page 49 - The laws which, in many countries on the Continent, forbid marriage unless the parties can show that they have the means of supporting a family, do not exceed the legitimate powers of the state : and whether such laws be expedient or not (a question mainly dependent on local circumstances and feelings), they are not objectionable as violations of liberty.