The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volum 2A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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Pàgina 12
... affairs of the nation . The 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 ...
... affairs of the nation . The 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 ...
Pàgina 13
... affairs in their hands . Thefe very men , though chofen for fuch a work , as the di- gefting a body of laws for the government of a free ftate , did immediately ufurp arbitrary power ; ran into all the forms of it , had their guards and ...
... affairs in their hands . Thefe very men , though chofen for fuch a work , as the di- gefting a body of laws for the government of a free ftate , did immediately ufurp arbitrary power ; ran into all the forms of it , had their guards and ...
Pàgina 14
... affairs , who became a body of tyrants , and were called , in the language of thofe ages , an oligarchy , or tyranny of the few ; under which hateful denomina- tion they were foon after depofed in great rage by the people . When Athens ...
... affairs , who became a body of tyrants , and were called , in the language of thofe ages , an oligarchy , or tyranny of the few ; under which hateful denomina- tion they were foon after depofed in great rage by the people . When Athens ...
Pàgina 22
... affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of so great and good a man , yet I could not forbear relating it . Their next great man was Ariftides * . Befides the mighty fervice he had done his country in the wars , he was a ...
... affairs of A- thens were no other than the untimely lofs of so great and good a man , yet I could not forbear relating it . Their next great man was Ariftides * . Befides the mighty fervice he had done his country in the wars , he was a ...
Pàgina 26
... affairs ; had little or no com- merce with the rest of Greece , and were become great re- verencers of crowned heads . For , from the time of Alexander's captains till Greece was fubdued by the Romans , to the latter part of which this ...
... affairs ; had little or no com- merce with the rest of Greece , and were become great re- verencers of crowned heads . For , from the time of Alexander's captains till Greece was fubdued by the Romans , to the latter part of which this ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 399 - ADVICE HUMBLY OFFERED TO -THE MEMBERS OF THE OCTOBER CLUB. In a Letter from a Person of Honour*.