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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... contains truths of such a character as to be recognisable by the meanest capacity , as well as by minds of the most comprehensive and profound cast . These truths are like a great river , small and narrow at its source , but gradually ...
... contains truths of such a character as to be recognisable by the meanest capacity , as well as by minds of the most comprehensive and profound cast . These truths are like a great river , small and narrow at its source , but gradually ...
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... contains many political principles , and observations on the science of govern- ment generally . And the same may be remarked of the Orations of Demosthenes ; that on the Regulation of the State , and one on the Crown , are especially ...
... contains many political principles , and observations on the science of govern- ment generally . And the same may be remarked of the Orations of Demosthenes ; that on the Regulation of the State , and one on the Crown , are especially ...
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... contains , in the first five books , his observations and ideas on the general principles on which all law is founded ; on the duties and obligations of legislators ; and with remarks on the advantages which would accrue to mankind if ...
... contains , in the first five books , his observations and ideas on the general principles on which all law is founded ; on the duties and obligations of legislators ; and with remarks on the advantages which would accrue to mankind if ...
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... contains discussions on governments ; the modes of classifying them ; democracy ; its four kinds ; constitutions , one thing by law , another in fact ; the materials best adapted for different governments ; mixed governments ; the tests ...
... contains discussions on governments ; the modes of classifying them ; democracy ; its four kinds ; constitutions , one thing by law , another in fact ; the materials best adapted for different governments ; mixed governments ; the tests ...
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... contains many vivid delineations of Athenian parties , and has for its main object the persuading his countrymen to an amicable settlement of their differences with the Lacedæmonians , and the other States of Greece . The chorus abounds ...
... contains many vivid delineations of Athenian parties , and has for its main object the persuading his countrymen to an amicable settlement of their differences with the Lacedæmonians , and the other States of Greece . The chorus abounds ...
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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.