 ... of those who govern or are governed in them, will incline to think, that if the scales can be brought back by a war, nearly, though not exactly, to the point they were at before this...  Letters on the Study and Use of History - Page 48by Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1752 - 481 pagesFull view - About this book
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...other. In fuch cafes, he who has confidered, in the hiftories of former ages, the ftrange revolution* that time produces, and the perpetual flux and reflux of public as well as private fortune?, of king-. doms and ftates as well as of thofe who govern or are governed in them, will incline... | |
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...exorbitant become more fo ; and left, by attacking with good fuccefs, whilft one fcale is pilla^rd, too much weight of power be thrown into the other....the ftrange revolutions that time produces, and the perperual flux and reflux of public as well as private fortunes, of kingdoms and ftates as well as... | |
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...into the other. In such cases, he who has considered, in the histories of former ages, the strange revolutions that time produces, and the perpetual...public as well as private fortunes, of kingdoms and states as well as of those who govern or are governed in them, will incline to think, that if the scales... | |
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