Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Band 1T. Cadell, 1784 - 527 Seiten |
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... less dares a politician foretel the fituation of public affairs a few years hence . HARRINGTON thought himself fo fure of his general principle , that the balance of power depends on that of property , that he ventured to pronounce it ...
... less dares a politician foretel the fituation of public affairs a few years hence . HARRINGTON thought himself fo fure of his general principle , that the balance of power depends on that of property , that he ventured to pronounce it ...
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... less real ; or rather , they are more real and more pernicious , upon that very account . The diftinct orders of men , nobles and people , foldiers and merchants , have all a diftinct intereft ; but the more powerful oppreffes the ...
... less real ; or rather , they are more real and more pernicious , upon that very account . The diftinct orders of men , nobles and people , foldiers and merchants , have all a diftinct intereft ; but the more powerful oppreffes the ...
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... less evident manner ; by civility , by respect , by complaisance , and , in a word , by gallantry . In good company , you need not afk , Who is the master of the feaft ? The man , who fits in the lowest place , and who is always ...
... less evident manner ; by civility , by respect , by complaisance , and , in a word , by gallantry . In good company , you need not afk , Who is the master of the feaft ? The man , who fits in the lowest place , and who is always ...
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... less favourable to it . For inftance , love is a reftlefs and impatienț paffion , full of caprices and variations : arifing in a mo- ment from a feature , from an air , from nothing , and fuddenly extinguishing after the fame manner ...
... less favourable to it . For inftance , love is a reftlefs and impatienț paffion , full of caprices and variations : arifing in a mo- ment from a feature , from an air , from nothing , and fuddenly extinguishing after the fame manner ...
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... less beautiful , and more dangerous than the latter : It is a certain rule , that wit and paffion are entirely incompatible . When the affections are moved , there is no place for the imagination . The mind of man being naturally ...
... less beautiful , and more dangerous than the latter : It is a certain rule , that wit and paffion are entirely incompatible . When the affections are moved , there is no place for the imagination . The mind of man being naturally ...
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