Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1711Scolar Press, 1972 - 416 pages |
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... Balance of Power , either without or within . a State , is best conceived by confide- ring what the nature of a Balance is . It supposes three Things . First , the Part which is held , together with the Hand that holds it ; and then the ...
... Balance of Power , either without or within . a State , is best conceived by confide- ring what the nature of a Balance is . It supposes three Things . First , the Part which is held , together with the Hand that holds it ; and then the ...
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... Balance is broke , whe- ther by the Negligence , Folly , or Weakness of the Hand that held it , or by mighty Weights fallen into either Scale , the Power will never continue long in equal Divifion between the two remaining Parties , but ...
... Balance is broke , whe- ther by the Negligence , Folly , or Weakness of the Hand that held it , or by mighty Weights fallen into either Scale , the Power will never continue long in equal Divifion between the two remaining Parties , but ...
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... Balance be held ; but large Intervals of Time muft pafs between every fuch Innovation , enough to melt down and make it of a Piece with the Constitution . Such we are told were the Proceedings of Solon , when he Modelled anew the ...
... Balance be held ; but large Intervals of Time muft pafs between every fuch Innovation , enough to melt down and make it of a Piece with the Constitution . Such we are told were the Proceedings of Solon , when he Modelled anew the ...
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THE Sentiments of a Church of Eng | 95 |
AN Argument to prove that the Aboliſh | 152 |
A Project for the Advancement of | 182 |
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