Prose Works, Volume 2Bohn, 1848 - English prose literature |
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... Plato , in his " Republic and Laws , " enters into the question in his usual profound and original way . See also Locke on Government , b . ii . c . 8.- ED . thought of equal deserving : the first was called a AND MAGISTRATES .
... Plato , in his " Republic and Laws , " enters into the question in his usual profound and original way . See also Locke on Government , b . ii . c . 8.- ED . thought of equal deserving : the first was called a AND MAGISTRATES .
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... thought as lawful , and as much from God , when none are seen to do it but the people , and that for just causes . For if it needs must be a sin in them to depose , it may as likely be a sin to have elected . And contrary , if the peo ...
... thought as lawful , and as much from God , when none are seen to do it but the people , and that for just causes . For if it needs must be a sin in them to depose , it may as likely be a sin to have elected . And contrary , if the peo ...
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... thought a fit peer and judge of the king , without regard had to petty caveats and circumstances , the chief impediment in high affairs , and ever stood upon most by circumstantial men . Whence doubtless our ancestors who were not ...
... thought a fit peer and judge of the king , without regard had to petty caveats and circumstances , the chief impediment in high affairs , and ever stood upon most by circumstantial men . Whence doubtless our ancestors who were not ...
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... thought no better than slaves and vassals born , in the tenure and occupation of another inheriting lord ; whose government , though not illegal , or intolerable , hangs over them as a lordly Scourge , not as a free government ; and ...
... thought no better than slaves and vassals born , in the tenure and occupation of another inheriting lord ; whose government , though not illegal , or intolerable , hangs over them as a lordly Scourge , not as a free government ; and ...
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... thought so , he could not stay there ; for the right of birth or succession can be no privi- lege in nature , to let a tyrant sit irremovable over a nation freeborn , without transforming that nation from the nature and condition of men ...
... thought so , he could not stay there ; for the right of birth or succession can be no privi- lege in nature , to let a tyrant sit irremovable over a nation freeborn , without transforming that nation from the nature and condition of men ...
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