THE WORKS OF THE Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 3C. BATHURST, in Fleetstreet, 1760 |
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Page 12
... entirely into one . This gives the trueft account of what is understood in the most antient and approved Greek authors by the word Tyranny , which is not meant for the feizing of the uncontrolled or abfolute power into the hands of a ...
... entirely into one . This gives the trueft account of what is understood in the most antient and approved Greek authors by the word Tyranny , which is not meant for the feizing of the uncontrolled or abfolute power into the hands of a ...
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... as to wreft even the power of chufing a king entirely out of the hands of the nobles ; which was fo great a leap , and caused fuch a con- VOL . III . D vulfion vulfion and fruggle in the ftate , that the conftitu- IN ATHENS AND ROME . 33.
... as to wreft even the power of chufing a king entirely out of the hands of the nobles ; which was fo great a leap , and caused fuch a con- VOL . III . D vulfion vulfion and fruggle in the ftate , that the conftitu- IN ATHENS AND ROME . 33.
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... entirely by the many unjust encroachments of the people ; and might have wholly changed the fate of Rome , if the folly and vice of those , who were chiefly concerned , could have fuffered it to take root . A few years after the commons ...
... entirely by the many unjust encroachments of the people ; and might have wholly changed the fate of Rome , if the folly and vice of those , who were chiefly concerned , could have fuffered it to take root . A few years after the commons ...
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... entirely changed their temper and genius . Neither can I fee any reafon , why the genius of a nation fhould be more fixed in the point of government , E 4 than - than in their morals , their learning , their IN ATHENS AND ROME . 55.
... entirely changed their temper and genius . Neither can I fee any reafon , why the genius of a nation fhould be more fixed in the point of government , E 4 than - than in their morals , their learning , their IN ATHENS AND ROME . 55.
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... entirely excluded from its part of the legislature by a vote of the other two . That all these maxims were openly violated at the revolution ; where an affembly of the nobles and people , not fummoned by the king's writ ( which was an ...
... entirely excluded from its part of the legislature by a vote of the other two . That all these maxims were openly violated at the revolution ; where an affembly of the nobles and people , not fummoned by the king's writ ( which was an ...
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abfolute abuſe adminiſtration affembly againſt almoſt anſwer Athens becauſe Befides beft beſt cafe cardinal de Noailles cauſe chriſtianity church church of England clergy common confequences conftitution corruptions court defign defire diffenters diſcover endeavour England eſtabliſhed facramental fafe faid fame fatire fects fecure feems fenate fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fide fince fingle firſt fome fometimes foon ftate fubject fucceffion fuch fuppofe fure greateſt Greece hath himſelf honour houfe houſe impeached intereft itſelf juftice king kingdom laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs lord minifters miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity nobles obferve occafion opinion Partridge party paſs paſt perfon Phocion pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preſerve pretend prince propofed publick publiſhed raiſed reaſon reft religion Rome ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion ufually underſtand univerfal uſed utmoſt whigs whofe whoſe wife