Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... desire to lead in this world a happy life . That life is led most happily wherein all virtue is exercised without impediment or let . To take away mutual grievances and wrongs there was no way but by an agreement among men , ordaining ...
... desire to lead in this world a happy life . That life is led most happily wherein all virtue is exercised without impediment or let . To take away mutual grievances and wrongs there was no way but by an agreement among men , ordaining ...
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... desire of liberty was the first cause of the fall of Adam . But howsoever this vulgar opinion hath of late obtained a great reputation , yet it is not to be found in the ancient fathers and doctors of the primitive Church . It ...
... desire of liberty was the first cause of the fall of Adam . But howsoever this vulgar opinion hath of late obtained a great reputation , yet it is not to be found in the ancient fathers and doctors of the primitive Church . It ...
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... desire and hope is that the people of England may and do enjoy as ample privileges as any nation under heaven ; the greatest liberty in the world ( if it be duly con- sidered ) is for a people to live under a monarch . It is the Magna ...
... desire and hope is that the people of England may and do enjoy as ample privileges as any nation under heaven ; the greatest liberty in the world ( if it be duly con- sidered ) is for a people to live under a monarch . It is the Magna ...
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... desires shall be subject unto thee , and thou shalt rule over him . " Accordingly , when Jacob bought his brother's birthright , Isaac blessed him thus : " Be lord over thy brethren , and let the sons of thy mother bow before thee ...
... desires shall be subject unto thee , and thou shalt rule over him . " Accordingly , when Jacob bought his brother's birthright , Isaac blessed him thus : " Be lord over thy brethren , and let the sons of thy mother bow before thee ...
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... desire or choose it . Xenophon , that brave scholar and soldier , disallowed the Athenian commonweal , for that they followed that form of government wherein the wicked are always in greatest credit , and virtuous men kept under . They ...
... desire or choose it . Xenophon , that brave scholar and soldier , disallowed the Athenian commonweal , for that they followed that form of government wherein the wicked are always in greatest credit , and virtuous men kept under . They ...
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