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
... leaving the power wholly in one scale : For tyranny and ufurpation in a state are by no means confined to any number , as might eafily appear from examples enough ; and because the point is material , I fhall cite a few to prove it ...
... leaving the power wholly in one scale : For tyranny and ufurpation in a state are by no means confined to any number , as might eafily appear from examples enough ; and because the point is material , I fhall cite a few to prove it ...
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... in war . He was forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own mea- fures upon account of their feditious tempers , which e- • ver continued with them , till the final diffolution ver 20 CONTESTS AND DISSENTIONS.
... in war . He was forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own mea- fures upon account of their feditious tempers , which e- • ver continued with them , till the final diffolution ver 20 CONTESTS AND DISSENTIONS.
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... leaving to the multitude their votes in electing , and the power of judg- ing certain proceffes by appeal . This council of four hundred was chofen , one hundred out of each tribe , and seems to have been a body representative of the ...
... leaving to the multitude their votes in electing , and the power of judg- ing certain proceffes by appeal . This council of four hundred was chofen , one hundred out of each tribe , and seems to have been a body representative of the ...
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... leaving all doors open to the practices of popular and ambitious men , who de- ftroyed the wifest republick , and enflaved the noblest people that ever entered upon the stage of the world . By what steps and degrees this was brought to ...
... leaving all doors open to the practices of popular and ambitious men , who de- ftroyed the wifest republick , and enflaved the noblest people that ever entered upon the stage of the world . By what steps and degrees this was brought to ...
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... leave the city in mutiny and discontent , and will not return but upon condition to be acquitted of all their debts ; and moreover , that certain magiftrates be chosen yearly , whofe business it fhall be to defend the * Ab Urbe Condita ...
... leave the city in mutiny and discontent , and will not return but upon condition to be acquitted of all their debts ; and moreover , that certain magiftrates be chosen yearly , whofe business it fhall be to defend the * Ab Urbe Condita ...
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