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'Tis an eafie matter to form and to invent Spe - cious Colours and Arguments to all manner of Purpofes, and to Paradox the Multitude into what Opinion any Man pleafes, that is but a Matter of Art, and Addrefs, and in any fort of Credit with the Mobile '■ for 'tis not the Reafon of the thing in Queftion, but PafTion and Prejudice that Governs in the Cafe.

Fables of Æsop, and other eminent mythologists : with morals and reflexions. 1692

Another, who had been the principal wife of the decafed, (for though a man may have as many wives as he pleafes, there is but one miftrefs,) ftretched herfelf in fuch manner on the corpfe that her mouth, hands, and feet were oppofed to thofe of the dead*

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

They are lb fond of dogs, that if one paiticu - larly pleafes them, they will give two bullocks in exchange lor it; and their exeiciie is hunting, lighting, or dancing.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

They are governed by an heredi - tary king, whoie power is very limited, receiving no tax, and having no troops at his command j but being permitted to take as many wives as he pleafes, he has a larger portion of land to cultivate, and a greater number of cattle to tend and feed.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

'C a liberty to fpeak as he plcafes, and to apply what iculate founds to what ideas he thinks fit, and change m as often as he pleafes.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1796

By fm he has forfeited all right even to the comforts of this life, though it pleafes the Fa - iher of mercies to beftow them upon him, yet he is \f\xi in tjae ftate of the condemned, there is no mo»

Life in God's favour, the substance of sundry sermons upon Psalm, 30. 5 1796

When fcveral tents or fa - milies meet to go to war, or to the Faftories to trade, they choofe a leader, but it is only voluntary obedience they pay to the leader fo chofen; every one is at liberty to leave him when he pleafes, and th« notion of a commander is quite obliterated as foon as the voyage is over.

An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States 1795

They will fee no hurt in what Jefus Chrift has forbidden, for the very fame reafon that Eve had to eat the forbidden fruit, becaufe it pleafes their fenfes.

Sermons: by the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, ... 1795

Can what he will deflroy, and what he pleafes fave,

The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical 1795

** Weell then, ** rejoined the captafn wittily, •* his majefly may knight her if he pleafes. * '

Biographia navalis; or, Impartial memoirs of the lives and characters of officers of the navy of Great Britain, from the year 1660 to the present time; drawn from the most authentic sources, and disposed in a chronological arrangement 1794