Miscellanies in Prose and VerseJohn Morphew, 1711 - 416 pages |
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... Office , fufpended the Confular Power , leaving the Administration of Affairs in their Hands . These very Men , though cho- fen for fuch a Work , as the digesting a Body of Laws for the Government of a free State , did immediately ufurp ...
... Office , fufpended the Confular Power , leaving the Administration of Affairs in their Hands . These very Men , though cho- fen for fuch a Work , as the digesting a Body of Laws for the Government of a free State , did immediately ufurp ...
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... Offices according to Mens Eftates ; leaving to the Multitude their Votes in Electing , and the Power of judging certain Proceffes by Appeal . This Council of 400 was chofen , 100 put of each Tribe , and feems to have been a Body ...
... Offices according to Mens Eftates ; leaving to the Multitude their Votes in Electing , and the Power of judging certain Proceffes by Appeal . This Council of 400 was chofen , 100 put of each Tribe , and feems to have been a Body ...
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... cred and Inviolable , and the People bind themselves by Oath never to abrogate the Office . By thefe Tri- bunes in process of time , the People were were grofly impoled on to ferve the Turns and Occafions 42 Contests and Diffentions.
... cred and Inviolable , and the People bind themselves by Oath never to abrogate the Office . By thefe Tri- bunes in process of time , the People were were grofly impoled on to ferve the Turns and Occafions 42 Contests and Diffentions.
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... Office of Cenfor , that of the Questors , or Commiffioners of the Treasury , the Office of Prætor , or Chief Justice , the Priesthood , and even that of Dictator . The Senate after after long Oppofition , yielding meerly for prefent ...
... Office of Cenfor , that of the Questors , or Commiffioners of the Treasury , the Office of Prætor , or Chief Justice , the Priesthood , and even that of Dictator . The Senate after after long Oppofition , yielding meerly for prefent ...
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... ; And Marius himself , while he was in that Office of Tribune is recorded to have with great Industry ufed all Endeavours for depreffing the Nobles E 3 1 Nobles , and raising the People ; par- ticularly in ATHENS and ROME . 53.
... ; And Marius himself , while he was in that Office of Tribune is recorded to have with great Industry ufed all Endeavours for depreffing the Nobles E 3 1 Nobles , and raising the People ; par- ticularly in ATHENS and ROME . 53.
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