Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... foreign as well as domestic . * All But here it may be proper to make a distinction . absolute governments must very much depend on the ad- / ministration ; and this is one of the great inconveniences attending that form of government ...
... foreign as well as domestic . * All But here it may be proper to make a distinction . absolute governments must very much depend on the ad- / ministration ; and this is one of the great inconveniences attending that form of government ...
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... foreign management ; and there is no meanness or crime , of which , in their account , he is not capable . Unnecessary wars , scandalous treaties , profusion of public treasure , oppressive taxes , every kind of mal - ad- ministration ...
... foreign management ; and there is no meanness or crime , of which , in their account , he is not capable . Unnecessary wars , scandalous treaties , profusion of public treasure , oppressive taxes , every kind of mal - ad- ministration ...
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... foreign powers any advantage over us ? Did the house of commons depend in the same manner upón the king , and had none of the members any property but from his gift , would not he command all their resolutions , and be from that moment ...
... foreign powers any advantage over us ? Did the house of commons depend in the same manner upón the king , and had none of the members any property but from his gift , would not he command all their resolutions , and be from that moment ...
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... foreign family , was the reason of his embracing such an unusual system of politics . This observation , concerning the propensity of priests to the government of a single person , is not true with re- gard to one sect only . The ...
... foreign family , was the reason of his embracing such an unusual system of politics . This observation , concerning the propensity of priests to the government of a single person , is not true with re- gard to one sect only . The ...
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... may produce in politics , I must observe , that all kinds of government , free and absolute , seem to have undergone , in modern times , a great change for the better , with regard both to foreign and domestic manage- 86 ESSAY XII .
... may produce in politics , I must observe , that all kinds of government , free and absolute , seem to have undergone , in modern times , a great change for the better , with regard both to foreign and domestic manage- 86 ESSAY XII .
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