The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... last division is of the mass or body of the people , whofe part of power is great and indifputable , whenever they can unite either collectively , or by depu tation , to exert it . Now , the three forms of govern- ment , fo generally ...
... last division is of the mass or body of the people , whofe part of power is great and indifputable , whenever they can unite either collectively , or by depu tation , to exert it . Now , the three forms of govern- ment , fo generally ...
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... was the fumma reipublicæ ‡ , or power in the last refort ; for they had their Kings called fuffetes , and a Se- † Fragm . lib . 6 . * Lib . 15 . Idem . ibid . nate nate which had the power of nobles , and the IN ATHENS AND ROME . IS.
... was the fumma reipublicæ ‡ , or power in the last refort ; for they had their Kings called fuffetes , and a Se- † Fragm . lib . 6 . * Lib . 15 . Idem . ibid . nate nate which had the power of nobles , and the IN ATHENS AND ROME . IS.
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... last infallibly of a single perfon : for , which ever of the three divifions in a itate is upon the scramble for more power than its own , ( as one or other of them generally is ) , unless due care be taken by the other two , upon every ...
... last infallibly of a single perfon : for , which ever of the three divifions in a itate is upon the scramble for more power than its own , ( as one or other of them generally is ) , unless due care be taken by the other two , upon every ...
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... last prince Solon was faid to be descend- ed ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confufion thereupon ;, refiling the monarchy ,, which was offered В 2 him , him , chofe ...
... last prince Solon was faid to be descend- ed ; who , finding the people engaged in two violent factions of the poor and the rich , and in great confufion thereupon ;, refiling the monarchy ,, which was offered В 2 him , him , chofe ...
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... last , a young man of noble birth , excellent education , and a plentiful fortune . A little before the fleet fet fail , it feems one night the ftone images of Mercury , placed in feveral parts of the city , were all pared in the face ...
... last , a young man of noble birth , excellent education , and a plentiful fortune . A little before the fleet fet fail , it feems one night the ftone images of Mercury , placed in feveral parts of the city , were all pared in the face ...
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Page 403 - We are plagued here with an October Club ; that is, a set of above a hundred Parliamentmen of the country, who drink October beer at home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the Parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads.
Page 42 - For, although in their corrupt notions of divine worship, they are apt to multiply their gods; yet their earthly devotion is seldom paid to above one idol at a time of their own creation, whose oar they pull with less murmuring and much more skill, than when they share the lading, or even hold the helm.
Page 399 - ADVICE HUMBLY OFFERED TO -THE MEMBERS OF THE OCTOBER CLUB. In a Letter from a Person of Honour*.