Prose Works, Volume 2Bohn, 1848 - English prose literature |
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... nature to a level with the Murats and Robespierres of the past age . On the con- trary , it was his horror for blood , his humane impatience at beholding it shed like water , in civil wars , his dread of seeing re - established a ...
... nature to a level with the Murats and Robespierres of the past age . On the con- trary , it was his horror for blood , his humane impatience at beholding it shed like water , in civil wars , his dread of seeing re - established a ...
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... natural result of their own actions ; and , pretending conscience and the covenant , felt extreme tenderness for the inviolability and sacredness of the king's person , which they had en- dangered by their war , and violated by their ...
... natural result of their own actions ; and , pretending conscience and the covenant , felt extreme tenderness for the inviolability and sacredness of the king's person , which they had en- dangered by their war , and violated by their ...
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... nature and right reason , to judge as they find cause . this I dare own as part of my faith , that if such a one there be , by whose commission whole massacres have been com- mitted on his faithful subjects , * his provinces offered to ...
... nature and right reason , to judge as they find cause . this I dare own as part of my faith , that if such a one there be , by whose commission whole massacres have been com- mitted on his faithful subjects , * his provinces offered to ...
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... nature and of covenant must have executed for himself , and for one another . And to him that shall con- sider well , why among free persons one man by civil right should bear authority and jurisdiction over another , no other end or ...
... nature and of covenant must have executed for himself , and for one another . And to him that shall con- sider well , why among free persons one man by civil right should bear authority and jurisdiction over another , no other end or ...
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... natural birthright ; and seeing that from hence Aristotle , and the best of political writers , have defined a king , “ him who governs to the good and profit of his peo- ple , and not for his own ends ; " it follows from necessary ...
... natural birthright ; and seeing that from hence Aristotle , and the best of political writers , have defined a king , “ him who governs to the good and profit of his peo- ple , and not for his own ends ; " it follows from necessary ...
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