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Page xviii
... spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when the question assumed a more ferious aspect , from the commencement of of an actual negotiation , which gave rise to the xviii ADVERTISEMENT ...
... spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when the question assumed a more ferious aspect , from the commencement of of an actual negotiation , which gave rise to the xviii ADVERTISEMENT ...
Page 42
... spirit of the whole body . Never was it known , that an aristocracy , which was haughty and tyrannical in one century , became easy and mild in the next . In effect , the yoke of this species of government is so galling , that whenever ...
... spirit of the whole body . Never was it known , that an aristocracy , which was haughty and tyrannical in one century , became easy and mild in the next . In effect , the yoke of this species of government is so galling , that whenever ...
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... spirit of absolute monarchy , but none more than this ; a shining merit is ever hated or suspected in a popular assembly , as well as in a court ; and all services done the state , are looked upon as dangerous to the rulers , whether ...
... spirit of absolute monarchy , but none more than this ; a shining merit is ever hated or suspected in a popular assembly , as well as in a court ; and all services done the state , are looked upon as dangerous to the rulers , whether ...
Page 48
... spirit , and intoxicated with the flatteries of their orators ( these courtiers of republicks , and endowed with the diftinguishing characteristicks of all other cour- tiers ) this people , I fay , at last arrived at that pitch of ...
... spirit , and intoxicated with the flatteries of their orators ( these courtiers of republicks , and endowed with the diftinguishing characteristicks of all other cour- tiers ) this people , I fay , at last arrived at that pitch of ...
Page 58
... spirit which each form has feparately . Kings are am- bitious ; the nobility haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , how- ever in appearance peaceable , carries on a design upon the others ; and it is owing ...
... spirit which each form has feparately . Kings are am- bitious ; the nobility haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , how- ever in appearance peaceable , carries on a design upon the others ; and it is owing ...
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