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" HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret... "
The Orthodox journal and Catholic monthly intelligencer [ed. by W.E. Andrews]. - Page 214
edited by - 1820
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 1

John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...justice, and the best rulers seldom find the freest passage. He that goes about to persuade a multitude they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall sooner want argument than attenagainst the inordinate ambition and subtle prac-r tices of Courtiers...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 1

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...justice, and the best rulers seldom find the freest passage. He that goes about to persuade a multitude they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall sooner want argument than attenagainst the inordinate ambition and subtle practices of Courtiers and...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...invective, may often supply the place of sober •reason. For (in the words of the judicious Hooker) " he that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to he, shall never want attentive or favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...c. 17.) The first sentence of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity contains no less truth and eloquence: "He " that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so 4* well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive " and favourable hearers." This subject...
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The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ...

William Oldys, John Malham - Europe - 1808 - 594 pages
...favour and good word of the common people ; and what readier way to obtain it, than by persuading them that they are not so well governed as they ought to be? Some things will happen amiss, let men do what they can ; and the common people who see the immediate...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1808 - 588 pages
...favour and good word of the common people; and what readier way .to obtain it, than by persuading them that they are not so well governed as they ought to be? Some things will happen amiss, let men do what they can; and thç common people who see the immediate...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 570 pages
...invective, may often supply the place of sober reason. For (in the words of the judicious Hooker) " he that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they...governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive or favourable hearers; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject;...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 12

Europe - 1823 - 946 pages
...Parliament. HOOKER commences his admirable work on Ecclesiastical Polity with this observation ; " He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they...shall never want attentive and favourable hearers." This remark, at once eloquent and just, indicates a deep insight into the principles of human nature....
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...shire ; the particular rates being increased, but the total bulk of trading rather decreased. IBID. HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they...shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereuuto every kind of regimen is subject ; but the secret...
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The Works of Francis Gregor, of Trewarthennick, Esq

Francis Gregor - Debts, Public - 1816 - 332 pages
...for a fair hearing ; and on their good spirit for fair play. The passage from Hooker is as follows ." He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that "...shall never want attentive and favourable hearers. " Because they know the manifold defects whereunto " every kind of government is subject. But the secret...
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