Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... riches , as those of all the commons of Great Britain , were brought into the scale , it is not easy to conceive , that the crown could either influence that multitude of people , or withstand that balance of property . L It is true ...
... riches , as those of all the commons of Great Britain , were brought into the scale , it is not easy to conceive , that the crown could either influence that multitude of people , or withstand that balance of property . L It is true ...
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... riches , or authority , which enter into consi- deration . But a limited monarchy admits not of any such stability ; nor is it possible to assign to the crown such a de- terminate degree of power , as will , in every hand , form a ...
... riches , or authority , which enter into consi- deration . But a limited monarchy admits not of any such stability ; nor is it possible to assign to the crown such a de- terminate degree of power , as will , in every hand , form a ...
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... rich , has always created jealousy , even though his riches bore no proportion to those of the state . Crassus's for- tune , if I remember well , amounted only to about two mil- lions and a half of our money ; yet we find , that though ...
... rich , has always created jealousy , even though his riches bore no proportion to those of the state . Crassus's for- tune , if I remember well , amounted only to about two mil- lions and a half of our money ; yet we find , that though ...
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... riches by means of the conquests of Alexander ; yet the arts , from that moment , declined among them , and have never since been able to raise their head in that climate . Learning was transplanted to Rome , the only free nation at ...
... riches by means of the conquests of Alexander ; yet the arts , from that moment , declined among them , and have never since been able to raise their head in that climate . Learning was transplanted to Rome , the only free nation at ...
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... riches . And while these notions prevail , all the considerable traders will be tempted to throw up their commerce , in order to purchase some of those employments , to which privileges and honours are annexed . Since I am upon this ...
... riches . And while these notions prevail , all the considerable traders will be tempted to throw up their commerce , in order to purchase some of those employments , to which privileges and honours are annexed . Since I am upon this ...
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