Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyR. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... first Part of the external View of all States , their Relation as Friends , makes fo trifling a Figure in Hiftory , that I am very forry to fay , it affords me but little Matter on which to expatiate . The good Offices done by one ...
... first Part of the external View of all States , their Relation as Friends , makes fo trifling a Figure in Hiftory , that I am very forry to fay , it affords me but little Matter on which to expatiate . The good Offices done by one ...
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... first Rage of Conqueft . It will , therefore , be very rea- fonable to allow on their account as much as , added to the Loffes of the Conqueror , may amount to a Million of Deaths , and then we shall fee this Con- queror , the oldeft we ...
... first Rage of Conqueft . It will , therefore , be very rea- fonable to allow on their account as much as , added to the Loffes of the Conqueror , may amount to a Million of Deaths , and then we shall fee this Con- queror , the oldeft we ...
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... first by Agefilaus , and afterwards , by Alexander . I have not , in this Retreat , the Books neceffary to make very exact Calculations ; nor is it neceffary to give more than Hints to one of your lordship's Erudition . You will ...
... first by Agefilaus , and afterwards , by Alexander . I have not , in this Retreat , the Books neceffary to make very exact Calculations ; nor is it neceffary to give more than Hints to one of your lordship's Erudition . You will ...
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... First then , all Men are agreed , that this Junction of Regal , Ariftocratic , and Popular Power , muft form a very complex , nice , and intricate Machine , which being composed of fuch a Variety of Parts , with fuch oppofite Tendencies ...
... First then , all Men are agreed , that this Junction of Regal , Ariftocratic , and Popular Power , muft form a very complex , nice , and intricate Machine , which being composed of fuch a Variety of Parts , with fuch oppofite Tendencies ...
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... first with difcretionary Powers . But it was foon found a miferable Slavery to have our Lives and Properties precarious , and hanging upon the arbitrary Determination of any one Man , or Sett of Men , We flew to Laws as a Remedy for ...
... first with difcretionary Powers . But it was foon found a miferable Slavery to have our Lives and Properties precarious , and hanging upon the arbitrary Determination of any one Man , or Sett of Men , We flew to Laws as a Remedy for ...
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