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hobbish
adj 2
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4VERB + HOBBISH
asserted
HOBBISH + NOUN
infidelity, multitudes, notions
PREP.
in
ADV.
freely
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adj
1
rustic; characteristic of a hob or yokel
adj
1
Hobbesian
Their Notions Machiavellian, Hobbish, / Draw Multitudes, because they’re Mobbish
[…] the Preacher (tho’ a celebrated Divine of our Church, whose Principles are entirely Monarchical) has freely asserted several Hobbish Notions, and told us, that Democracy is of equal esteem with Monarchy, that Succession is a Jest, that all Forms of Government are in their own Nature mutable, and may be altered, or quite rescinded, as the Power in beginning shall think fit.
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Their Notions Machiavellian, Hobbish, / Draw Multitudes, because they’re Mobbish
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[…] the Preacher (tho’ a celebrated Divine of our Church, whose Principles are entirely Monarchical) has freely asserted several Hobbish Notions, and told us, that Democracy is of equal esteem with Mo
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But I believe his Toryism to have been a natural emanation of his Hobbish infidelity, though in this age when infidelity affects democracy, and blackguards affect infidelity, this may sound like a par
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