The History of General Literature: Viewed Politically and Historically, in a Popular Manner; from the Earliest Times to the 17th CenturyBentley, 1861 |
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... authority . " The legislature , " says Blackstone , " is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by one being over another . In most kinds of which , in common parlance , is termed constitutional government , its boundless ...
... authority . " The legislature , " says Blackstone , " is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by one being over another . In most kinds of which , in common parlance , is termed constitutional government , its boundless ...
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... authority , because they were received from the Deity upon Mount Sinai . During the forty years that Moses survived the promulgation of the law from Mount Sinai , he took upon himself the office of teaching the Israelitish nation how ...
... authority , because they were received from the Deity upon Mount Sinai . During the forty years that Moses survived the promulgation of the law from Mount Sinai , he took upon himself the office of teaching the Israelitish nation how ...
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... authority of the Senate , and threw nearly the whole popular voice into that assembly ; but in subsequent times , when wealth , con- quest , and foreign manners , considerably affected their habits of thinking , they became more bold ...
... authority of the Senate , and threw nearly the whole popular voice into that assembly ; but in subsequent times , when wealth , con- quest , and foreign manners , considerably affected their habits of thinking , they became more bold ...
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... authority and cogniz- ance of the people . An assembly called the Areopagus , which had been established before this time , was greatly improved by the wise regulations of Solon . The members of this court were chosen for life . Its ...
... authority and cogniz- ance of the people . An assembly called the Areopagus , which had been established before this time , was greatly improved by the wise regulations of Solon . The members of this court were chosen for life . Its ...
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... authority . Thus our happiness consists in the pursuit of wisdom ; and this wisdom is centered on the principles of our common nature , and its object is to purify , and exalt it . A regularity and steadiness are imparted to all modes ...
... authority . Thus our happiness consists in the pursuit of wisdom ; and this wisdom is centered on the principles of our common nature , and its object is to purify , and exalt it . A regularity and steadiness are imparted to all modes ...
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Էջ 256 - ... it is his demesne, as of fee : that is, it is not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a superior lord, in whom the ultimate property resides.