Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes, المجلد 1T. Cadell, in the Strand: and A. Kincaid, and A. Donaldson, at Edinburgh., 1772 |
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الصفحة 11
... confider the ROMAN government under the emperors as a mixture of defpotifm and liberty , where the defpotifm prevailed ; and the ENGLISH government as a mixture of the fame kind , where the liberty predominates . The confequences are ...
... confider the ROMAN government under the emperors as a mixture of defpotifm and liberty , where the defpotifm prevailed ; and the ENGLISH government as a mixture of the fame kind , where the liberty predominates . The confequences are ...
الصفحة 17
... confider his old and his new fubjects as on the fame footing ; because , in reality , all his fubjects are to him the fame , except the few friends and favourites , with whom he is perfonally acquainted . He does not , therefore , make ...
... confider his old and his new fubjects as on the fame footing ; because , in reality , all his fubjects are to him the fame , except the few friends and favourites , with whom he is perfonally acquainted . He does not , therefore , make ...
الصفحة 20
... confider , that a monarch may govern his fubjects in two different ways . He may either follow the maxims of the eastern princes , and stretch his authority fo far as to leave no diftinction of rank among his fubjects , but what ...
... confider , that a monarch may govern his fubjects in two different ways . He may either follow the maxims of the eastern princes , and stretch his authority fo far as to leave no diftinction of rank among his fubjects , but what ...
الصفحة 29
... confider human affairs with a philofophical eye , than the eafinefs with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit fubmiffion , with which men refign their own fentiments and paffions to those of their rulers . When we ...
... confider human affairs with a philofophical eye , than the eafinefs with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit fubmiffion , with which men refign their own fentiments and paffions to those of their rulers . When we ...
الصفحة 35
... confider , that men are generally more honeft in their private than in their public capacity , and will go greater lengths to ferve a party , than when their own private intereft is alone concerned . Honour is a great check upon mankind ...
... confider , that men are generally more honeft in their private than in their public capacity , and will go greater lengths to ferve a party , than when their own private intereft is alone concerned . Honour is a great check upon mankind ...
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abfolute affigned againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient arife arts ATHENS authority becauſe befides cafe caufes cauſes CICERO circumftances commerce common compariſon confequence confider confiderable conftitution courſe defire DEMOSTHENES DIODORUS SICULUS eafily eaſy eloquence encreaſe eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſteemed fame fays fciences fecurity feems fenate fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhould filver fince firft firſt fituation flaves fociety fome foon fovereign fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure GAUL genius greateſt GREECE happineſs himſelf houſe human impoffible induſtry inftance intereft itſelf labour laws leaſt lefs liberty magiftrates mankind meaſure ment moft monarchy moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary neceffity neighbouring never obfervation oppofite orators paffion perfon philofophers pleaſe pleaſure PLUTARCH poffeffed political POLYBIUS prefent preferve prince purpoſe raiſed reaſon refined reprefentatives requifite ROMAN ROME ſeems ſmall ſtate STRABO ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uſe XENOPHON