Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Band 1T. Cadell, 1784 - 527 Seiten |
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... or watch , where the most ordinary machine is fufficient to tell the hours ; but the moft elaborate alone * Monf . FONTENELLE , Pluralité des Mondes . Soir 6 . can can point out the minutes and feconds , and distinguish ESSAY I.
... or watch , where the most ordinary machine is fufficient to tell the hours ; but the moft elaborate alone * Monf . FONTENELLE , Pluralité des Mondes . Soir 6 . can can point out the minutes and feconds , and distinguish ESSAY I.
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David Hume. from the capital , the city - tribes , though the most con temptible , carried almost every vote : They were , therefore , moft cajoled by every one that affected popu- larity : They were fupported in idleness by the general ...
David Hume. from the capital , the city - tribes , though the most con temptible , carried almost every vote : They were , therefore , moft cajoled by every one that affected popu- larity : They were fupported in idleness by the general ...
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... most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppreffive to their provinces : And this ob- fervation may , I believe , be fixed as a maxim of the kind we are here speaking of . When a monarch ...
... most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppreffive to their provinces : And this ob- fervation may , I believe , be fixed as a maxim of the kind we are here speaking of . When a monarch ...
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... most difficult to fubdue ; fince they cannot contain any powerful fubject , whose discontent and faction may facilitate the enter- prizes of an enemy . For befides , that such a tyrannical government enervates the courage of men , and ...
... most difficult to fubdue ; fince they cannot contain any powerful fubject , whose discontent and faction may facilitate the enter- prizes of an enemy . For befides , that such a tyrannical government enervates the courage of men , and ...
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... most eminent for private virtue . Good laws may beget order and moderation in the government , where the manners and customs have inftilled little humanity or justice into the tempers of men . The most illuftrious period of the ROMAN ...
... most eminent for private virtue . Good laws may beget order and moderation in the government , where the manners and customs have inftilled little humanity or justice into the tempers of men . The most illuftrious period of the ROMAN ...
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