Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... prince or state will not endure a superior , nor another an equal ; or rather , while each strives for mastery , since ( as before observed ) it is not mere equality , but dominion , that is naturally the object of human ambition . And ...
... prince or state will not endure a superior , nor another an equal ; or rather , while each strives for mastery , since ( as before observed ) it is not mere equality , but dominion , that is naturally the object of human ambition . And ...
Page 30
... prince himself , in the midst of his guards , secure from the hand of the assassin ; of which we have had more than one alarming instance in our own times and country . And as life is thus exposed to danger from human violence , so is ...
... prince himself , in the midst of his guards , secure from the hand of the assassin ; of which we have had more than one alarming instance in our own times and country . And as life is thus exposed to danger from human violence , so is ...
Page 50
... prince of his time . Some of his flatterers breaking out one day in admiration of his grandeur , exclaimed that every thing was possible for him : upon which the monarch , merable cases , within the natural limits , liberty may ; [ PART ...
... prince of his time . Some of his flatterers breaking out one day in admiration of his grandeur , exclaimed that every thing was possible for him : upon which the monarch , merable cases , within the natural limits , liberty may ; [ PART ...
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... prince or chief magistrate , in a limited government like our own , deprived of this advantage arising from a submission to just authority ; for though there is no other branch of the state to which he is responsible , he is still under ...
... prince or chief magistrate , in a limited government like our own , deprived of this advantage arising from a submission to just authority ; for though there is no other branch of the state to which he is responsible , he is still under ...
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... prince , who , to humour his palate , would provide himself with the tongues of singing birds , and the brains of pheasants , would eat no fish when he happened to be near the sea - coast , and no flesh at a distance from it ; as if he ...
... prince , who , to humour his palate , would provide himself with the tongues of singing birds , and the brains of pheasants , would eat no fish when he happened to be near the sea - coast , and no flesh at a distance from it ; as if he ...
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