Discourses on Government, Volume 1Richard Lee, 1805 - Monarchy |
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... given the government of the world to no one man , nor declared how it should be divided , left it to the will of man XVI . If a right of dominion were esteemed heredi- tary according to the law of nature , a multitude of destructive and ...
... given the government of the world to no one man , nor declared how it should be divided , left it to the will of man XVI . If a right of dominion were esteemed heredi- tary according to the law of nature , a multitude of destructive and ...
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... given so many in- stances of his detestation of tyranny , may be enough to put this matter out of dispute . But , if all other proof were wanting , this implacable hatred and un- wearied industry of the worst of men to suppress such ...
... given so many in- stances of his detestation of tyranny , may be enough to put this matter out of dispute . But , if all other proof were wanting , this implacable hatred and un- wearied industry of the worst of men to suppress such ...
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... given to Algernon Sydney , ac- cording to his merit ; to which the House assented without opposition . " And on the 7th of May , Co- lonel Sydney had the thanks of the House for his good services in Ireland ; and was afterwards made ...
... given to Algernon Sydney , ac- cording to his merit ; to which the House assented without opposition . " And on the 7th of May , Co- lonel Sydney had the thanks of the House for his good services in Ireland ; and was afterwards made ...
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... given me cause to think , that you were willing to save me the labour of writing , and yourself the trouble of reading my letters . For after you had left me sick , solitary and sad , at Penshurst ; and that you had re- solved to ...
... given me cause to think , that you were willing to save me the labour of writing , and yourself the trouble of reading my letters . For after you had left me sick , solitary and sad , at Penshurst ; and that you had re- solved to ...
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... given you upon many occasions , and in almost every thing , from the highest to the lowest , that hath concerned you : and this you may think sufficient to discourage me from putting my advices into the like danger . Yet some what I ...
... given you upon many occasions , and in almost every thing , from the highest to the lowest , that hath concerned you : and this you may think sufficient to discourage me from putting my advices into the like danger . Yet some what I ...
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Page 395 - But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 60 - Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.
Page 395 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 95 - ... ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation : others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?
Page 81 - ... in witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.
Page 63 - OF a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while...
Page 73 - Then amidst the Hymns, and Hallelujahs of Saints some one may perhaps be heard offering at high strains in new and lofty Measures to sing and celebrate thy divine Mercies, and marvellous Judgments in this Land throughout all Ages ; whereby this great and Warlike Nation instructed and inured to the fervent and continual practice of Truth and Righteousness, and casting far from her the rags of her old vices, may press on hard to that high and happy emulation to be found the...
Page 98 - About the year 1648, 1649, some of our company being removed to Oxford (first Dr. Wilkins, then I, and soon after Dr. Goddard) our company divided. Those in London continued to meet there as before (and we with them, when we had occasion to be there), and those of us at Oxford, with Dr. Ward (since Bishop of Salisbury), Dr. Ralph Bathurst (now President of Trinity College- in Oxford), Dr. Petty (since Sir William Petty), Dr. Willis (then an eminent physician in Oxford), and divers others, continued...
Page 274 - JefFeries came to the king at Windsor, soon after this trial, the king took a ring of good value from his finger, and gave it him for these services : the ring upon that was called his blood-stone.
Page 41 - Romans, is become the happy seat of liberty, plenty, and letters; flourishing in all the arts and refinements of civil life ; yet running perhaps the same course which Rome...