THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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... balance among all three . And it will be an eternal rule in politicks among every free people , that there is a balance of power to be carefully held by every state within itself , as well as among feveral ftates with each other . : The ...
... balance among all three . And it will be an eternal rule in politicks among every free people , that there is a balance of power to be carefully held by every state within itself , as well as among feveral ftates with each other . : The ...
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... balance must be held by a third hand , who is to deal the remaining power with the utmost ex- actness into the feveral fcales . Now it is not necessary , that the power should be equally divided between these three ; for the balance may ...
... balance must be held by a third hand , who is to deal the remaining power with the utmost ex- actness into the feveral fcales . Now it is not necessary , that the power should be equally divided between these three ; for the balance may ...
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... balance of power in Carthage was got on the fide of the people , and this to a degree , that fome authors reckon the go- vernment to have been among them a dominatio plebis , or tyranny of the commons ; which it seems they were at all ...
... balance of power in Carthage was got on the fide of the people , and this to a degree , that fome authors reckon the go- vernment to have been among them a dominatio plebis , or tyranny of the commons ; which it seems they were at all ...
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... balance of power in Chri- ftendom , at the fame time that by their practices they · are endeavouring to destroy it at home , are not fuch mighty patriots , or fo much in the true intereft of their country , as they would affect to be ...
... balance of power in Chri- ftendom , at the fame time that by their practices they · are endeavouring to destroy it at home , are not fuch mighty patriots , or fo much in the true intereft of their country , as they would affect to be ...
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... balance is broke , and tyranny let in ; from which door of the three it matters not . To pretend to a declarative right upon any occafion whatfover , is little less than to make ufe of the whole power ; that is , to declare an opinion ...
... balance is broke , and tyranny let in ; from which door of the three it matters not . To pretend to a declarative right upon any occafion whatfover , is little less than to make ufe of the whole power ; that is , to declare an opinion ...
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