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... rience , that an aristocracy , and a despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legistative , are to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of ...
... rience , that an aristocracy , and a despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legistative , are to all intents and purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of ...
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... rience and reflection . I have already observed , that * night increases our terrour , more perhaps than any thing else ; it is our nature , when we do not know what may happen to us , to fear the worst that can happen ; and hence it is ...
... rience and reflection . I have already observed , that * night increases our terrour , more perhaps than any thing else ; it is our nature , when we do not know what may happen to us , to fear the worst that can happen ; and hence it is ...
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