The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Հատոր 6Little, Brown, 1851 |
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... tion , usurped over the rights of the minority . 66 They naturally move , " says Nedham , " within the circle of domination , as in their proper centre . " When writers on legislation have recourse to poetry , their images may be ...
... tion , usurped over the rights of the minority . 66 They naturally move , " says Nedham , " within the circle of domination , as in their proper centre . " When writers on legislation have recourse to poetry , their images may be ...
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... tion of a Commonwealth , " Mælius would infallibly have been made a king , and have transmitted his crown to his heirs . The necessity of an independent senate , as a check upon the people , is most apparent in this instance . If the ...
... tion of a Commonwealth , " Mælius would infallibly have been made a king , and have transmitted his crown to his heirs . The necessity of an independent senate , as a check upon the people , is most apparent in this instance . If the ...
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... tion . The authority and power of the people to demolish one form of government and erect another , according to their own judgment or will , is clearly asserted . The necessity of abolish- ing the dictators and consuls , and giving to ...
... tion . The authority and power of the people to demolish one form of government and erect another , according to their own judgment or will , is clearly asserted . The necessity of abolish- ing the dictators and consuls , and giving to ...
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... tion which then existed being monopolized by the patricians . The aristocracy appears in precisely the same character , in all these anecdotes , as we before saw it in Venice , Poland , Bern , and elsewhere . The same indispensable ...
... tion which then existed being monopolized by the patricians . The aristocracy appears in precisely the same character , in all these anecdotes , as we before saw it in Venice , Poland , Bern , and elsewhere . The same indispensable ...
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... tion , procured from the people an unprecedented prolongation of his appointments for five years ; but the distribution of the provinces was still the prerogative of the senate , by the Sempro- nian law . Cæsar had ever been at variance ...
... tion , procured from the people an unprecedented prolongation of his appointments for five years ; but the distribution of the provinces was still the prerogative of the senate , by the Sempro- nian law . Cæsar had ever been at variance ...
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Էջ 268 - Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander. What plagues, and what portents! what mutiny! What raging of the sea! shaking of earth! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture ! O, when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick.
Էջ 267 - And posts, like the commandment of a King, Sans check, to good and bad: but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea. shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
Էջ 267 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Էջ 519 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
Էջ 543 - Curse ye Meroz ; — curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty."* My second argument is grounded on the example of Christ and his apostles.
Էջ 201 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Էջ 170 - The instruction of the people in every kind of knowledge that can be of use to them in the practice of their moral duties as men, citizens, and Christians, and of their political and civil duties as members of society and freemen, ought to be the care of the public, and of all who have any share in the conduct of its affairs, in a manner that never yet has been practiced in any age or nation.
Էջ 267 - Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path...
Էջ 268 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides,) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Էջ 266 - With well-feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the beggar'd land. See ! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come, And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome The price of boroughs and of souls restore, And raise his treasures higher than before : Now...