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... 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 confusion thereupon ; refufing the monarchy , which was offered B 2 him , him , chofe rather to ...
... 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 confusion thereupon ; refufing the monarchy , which was offered B 2 him , him , chofe rather to ...
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... prince designing the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that ftate ; who , by his great wif dom and skill at negotiations , diverted Alexander from his defign , and reftored the ...
... prince designing the conqueft of Athens , was prevented by Phocion * the Athenian general , then ambaffador from that ftate ; who , by his great wif dom and skill at negotiations , diverted Alexander from his defign , and reftored the ...
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... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the commons , whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ...
... prince in gratitude to the people , by whofe confent he was chofen , elected a hundred fenators out of the commons , whose number , with former additions , was now amounted to three hundred . The people having once difcovered their own ...
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... prince in the neighbour- hood , of vaft power and ambition , lieshovering like a vul- ture to devour , or at least difinember its dying carcafe ; by which means it becomes only a province or acquisition to fome mighty monarchy , without ...
... prince in the neighbour- hood , of vaft power and ambition , lieshovering like a vul- ture to devour , or at least difinember its dying carcafe ; by which means it becomes only a province or acquisition to fome mighty monarchy , without ...
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... prince takes a much more effectual way than that of fend- ing orators to appease them : but Mr Steele imagines fuch croud of people as this , where there is no government at all ; their unruliness quelled , and their paffions cooled by ...
... prince takes a much more effectual way than that of fend- ing orators to appease them : but Mr Steele imagines fuch croud of people as this , where there is no government at all ; their unruliness quelled , and their paffions cooled by ...
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