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... share of the legislative , are to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughtiness ...
... share of the legislative , are to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughtiness ...
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... share of their power upon their favourite ; and the only use he made of this power , was to plunge those who gave it into flavery . Accident restored their liberty , and the fame good fortune produced men of uncommon abilities and uncom ...
... share of their power upon their favourite ; and the only use he made of this power , was to plunge those who gave it into flavery . Accident restored their liberty , and the fame good fortune produced men of uncommon abilities and uncom ...
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macy , newly and occafionally set up , they de- prived of their share of the royal donation no lefs than five thousand of their own body . They went further ; they disfranchised them ; and hav- ing once begun with an act of injustice ...
macy , newly and occafionally set up , they de- prived of their share of the royal donation no lefs than five thousand of their own body . They went further ; they disfranchised them ; and hav- ing once begun with an act of injustice ...
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... equal uncertainty attends me every where ; and a mistake in which I had no share , decides at once upon my liberty and property , sending me VOL . I. F from from the court to a prifon , and adjudging my NATURAL SOCIETY . 65.
... equal uncertainty attends me every where ; and a mistake in which I had no share , decides at once upon my liberty and property , sending me VOL . I. F from from the court to a prifon , and adjudging my NATURAL SOCIETY . 65.
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... share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was too deep for me ; I acknowledged it ; but it was too deep even for yourselves : you have made the way so intricate , that you are yourselves loft in it ; you err , and you punish me ...
... share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was too deep for me ; I acknowledged it ; but it was too deep even for yourselves : you have made the way so intricate , that you are yourselves loft in it ; you err , and you punish me ...
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