The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... must in truth confefs , they are ours , and others fhould in juftice believe , they are all that are ours . If any thing else has been printed , in which we really had any hand , it is either intolerably mperfect , or loaded with ...
... must in truth confefs , they are ours , and others fhould in juftice believe , they are all that are ours . If any thing else has been printed , in which we really had any hand , it is either intolerably mperfect , or loaded with ...
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... must be held by a third hand , who is to deal the remaining power with the utmoft exactnefs into the feveral fcales . Now , it is not neceffary , that the power fhould be equally divided between thefe three ; for the balance may be held ...
... must be held by a third hand , who is to deal the remaining power with the utmoft exactnefs into the feveral fcales . Now , it is not neceffary , that the power fhould be equally divided between thefe three ; for the balance may be held ...
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... must here premife , that the nobles in Athens were not at this time a corporate affembly , that I can gather ; therefore the refentments of the commons were ufually turned against particular perfons , and by way of ar ticles of ...
... must here premife , that the nobles in Athens were not at this time a corporate affembly , that I can gather ; therefore the refentments of the commons were ufually turned against particular perfons , and by way of ar ticles of ...
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... must be still confeff- ed in behalf of the Athenian people , that they never conceived themselves perfectly infallible , nor arrived to the heights of modern affemblies , to make obftinacy con- firm what fudden heat and temerity began ...
... must be still confeff- ed in behalf of the Athenian people , that they never conceived themselves perfectly infallible , nor arrived to the heights of modern affemblies , to make obftinacy con- firm what fudden heat and temerity began ...
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... must be granted , that ( till about the middle of the fourth century ) , when the fenate appeared refolute at any time upon exerting their authority , and adhered clofely together , they did often carry their point . Befides , it is ...
... must be granted , that ( till about the middle of the fourth century ) , when the fenate appeared refolute at any time upon exerting their authority , and adhered clofely together , they did often carry their point . Befides , it is ...
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