Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Band 1T. Cadell, 1784 - 527 Seiten |
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... give a certain elegance of fentiment to which the reft of man- kind are ftrangers . The emotions which they excite are foft and tender . They draw off the mind from the hurry of bufinefs and intereft ; cherish reflection ; difpofe to ...
... give a certain elegance of fentiment to which the reft of man- kind are ftrangers . The emotions which they excite are foft and tender . They draw off the mind from the hurry of bufinefs and intereft ; cherish reflection ; difpofe to ...
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... give occafion to a question , How it happens that GREAT BRITAIN alone enjoys this peculiar privilege ? The reason , why the laws indulge us in fuch a liberty feems to be derived from our mixed form of government , which is neither ...
... give occafion to a question , How it happens that GREAT BRITAIN alone enjoys this peculiar privilege ? The reason , why the laws indulge us in fuch a liberty feems to be derived from our mixed form of government , which is neither ...
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... give jealousy to the ftate , there is no danger in intrufting the magiftrates with large discretionary powers ; and though many advantages re- fult from fuch powers , in preferving peace and order , yet they lay a confiderable reftraint ...
... give jealousy to the ftate , there is no danger in intrufting the magiftrates with large discretionary powers ; and though many advantages re- fult from fuch powers , in preferving peace and order , yet they lay a confiderable reftraint ...
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... give no better chance for superior merit in the prince , than if the ftate had trufted to birth alone for determining their fovereign . It may therefore be pronounced as an univerfal axiom . in politics , That an hereditary prince , a ...
... give no better chance for superior merit in the prince , than if the ftate had trufted to birth alone for determining their fovereign . It may therefore be pronounced as an univerfal axiom . in politics , That an hereditary prince , a ...
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... give place to their fucceffors . What cruel tyrants were the ROMANS over the world during the time of their commonwealth ! It is true , they had laws to prevent oppreffion in their provincial magistrates ; but CICERO informs us , that ...
... give place to their fucceffors . What cruel tyrants were the ROMANS over the world during the time of their commonwealth ! It is true , they had laws to prevent oppreffion in their provincial magistrates ; but CICERO informs us , that ...
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