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Pàgina 15
... hath been already advanced , several con- clufions may be drawn : If , That a mixed government partaking of the known forms received in the schools is by no means of Gothic invention , but hath place in nature and reafon , feems very ...
... hath been already advanced , several con- clufions may be drawn : If , That a mixed government partaking of the known forms received in the schools is by no means of Gothic invention , but hath place in nature and reafon , feems very ...
Pàgina 18
... hath been divided , fometimes by the people themselves , as in Rome , at o- thers by the inftitutions of the legislators , as in the fe- veral states of Greece and Sicily ; the next thing is to examine , what methods have been taken to ...
... hath been divided , fometimes by the people themselves , as in Rome , at o- thers by the inftitutions of the legislators , as in the fe- veral states of Greece and Sicily ; the next thing is to examine , what methods have been taken to ...
Pàgina 39
... hath been at any time very nice in obferving . However , perhaps this cuftom in a popular state of impeaching particular men may feem to be nothing elfe , but the people's chufing upon occafion to exercife their own jurifdiction in ...
... hath been at any time very nice in obferving . However , perhaps this cuftom in a popular state of impeaching particular men may feem to be nothing elfe , but the people's chufing upon occafion to exercife their own jurifdiction in ...
Pàgina 42
... hath been deduced of the diffenfions in Rome between the two bodies of patricians and plebeians , feveral reflections may be made . First , That when the balance of power is duly fixed in a state , nothing is more dangerous or unwife ...
... hath been deduced of the diffenfions in Rome between the two bodies of patricians and plebeians , feveral reflections may be made . First , That when the balance of power is duly fixed in a state , nothing is more dangerous or unwife ...
Pàgina 49
... hath had upon the legislature , hath given me frequent oc- cafion to reflect upon what Diodorus tells us of one Cha- rondas , a lawgiver to the Sybarites , an ancient people of Italy , who was fo averfe from all innovation , especially ...
... hath had upon the legislature , hath given me frequent oc- cafion to reflect upon what Diodorus tells us of one Cha- rondas , a lawgiver to the Sybarites , an ancient people of Italy , who was fo averfe from all innovation , especially ...
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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*.