Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 78
... authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power pressed too far and relaxed too much . This is true , that the wisdom of all these latter times in princes ' affairs is rather fine deliveries and shiftings of Making a ...
... authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power pressed too far and relaxed too much . This is true , that the wisdom of all these latter times in princes ' affairs is rather fine deliveries and shiftings of Making a ...
Page 82
... authority ; or where the churchmen come in and are elected , not by the collation of the King or particular patrons , but by the people . For their nobles , to keep them at a distance it is not amiss ; but to depress them may make a ...
... authority ; or where the churchmen come in and are elected , not by the collation of the King or particular patrons , but by the people . For their nobles , to keep them at a distance it is not amiss ; but to depress them may make a ...
Page 87
... authority , the fable showeth the remedy ; nay , the majesty of kings is rather exalted than diminished when they are in the chair of council ; neither was there ever prince bereaved of his dependen- cies by his council , except where ...
... authority , the fable showeth the remedy ; nay , the majesty of kings is rather exalted than diminished when they are in the chair of council ; neither was there ever prince bereaved of his dependen- cies by his council , except where ...
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