Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... ment from a poem , or a piece of reasoning , than the most expensive luxury can afford , Whatever connection there may be originally between these two species of delicacy , I am persuaded , that nothing is so proper to cure us of this ...
... ment from a poem , or a piece of reasoning , than the most expensive luxury can afford , Whatever connection there may be originally between these two species of delicacy , I am persuaded , that nothing is so proper to cure us of this ...
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... ment , and should be sorry to think , that human affairs admit of no greater stability , than what they receive from the casual humours and characters of particular men . It is true , those who maintain , that the goodness of all ...
... ment , and should be sorry to think , that human affairs admit of no greater stability , than what they receive from the casual humours and characters of particular men . It is true , those who maintain , that the goodness of all ...
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... ment fell into anarchy ; and the greatest happiness , which the Romans could look for , was the despotic power of the Cæsars . Such are the effects of democracy without a re- presentative . A Nobility may possess the whole , or any part ...
... ment fell into anarchy ; and the greatest happiness , which the Romans could look for , was the despotic power of the Cæsars . Such are the effects of democracy without a re- presentative . A Nobility may possess the whole , or any part ...
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... ment ? And who is not touched with indignation to hear , that , after Cicero had exhausted on that abandoned cri- minal all the thunders of his eloquence , and had prevailed so far as to get him condemned to the utmost extent of the ...
... ment ? And who is not touched with indignation to hear , that , after Cicero had exhausted on that abandoned cri- minal all the thunders of his eloquence , and had prevailed so far as to get him condemned to the utmost extent of the ...
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... ment is preferable , and gives the greatest security to the sovereign as well as to the subject . Legislators , therefore , ought not to trust the future go- vernment of a state entirely to chance , but ought to pro- vide a system of ...
... ment is preferable , and gives the greatest security to the sovereign as well as to the subject . Legislators , therefore , ought not to trust the future go- vernment of a state entirely to chance , but ought to pro- vide a system of ...
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