A Review of the Governments of Sparta and AthensW. Bulmer and Company, 1794 - 282 pages |
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... mentioned it - but Homer has not men- tioned this great not live after it . revolution- -ergo , Homer did I feel myself quite unwilling to break down , with Gothic hands , this wonderful argument , built according to all the rules of ...
... mentioned it - but Homer has not men- tioned this great not live after it . revolution- -ergo , Homer did I feel myself quite unwilling to break down , with Gothic hands , this wonderful argument , built according to all the rules of ...
Page 81
... mentioned the ignominious flight of their forefathers ? or would it have reflected much honour upon the conquerors of Troy , to have told that their pos- terity were quickly obliged to seek for refuge in that very region , where their ...
... mentioned the ignominious flight of their forefathers ? or would it have reflected much honour upon the conquerors of Troy , to have told that their pos- terity were quickly obliged to seek for refuge in that very region , where their ...
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... mention whatever of an event not immediately connected with his subject , which could neither be very agreeable to his countrymen , nor which he himself could desire to perpetuate . From this view of the question , I think it ex ...
... mention whatever of an event not immediately connected with his subject , which could neither be very agreeable to his countrymen , nor which he himself could desire to perpetuate . From this view of the question , I think it ex ...
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... mention Tyre . 10 poet does not Cyrus acknowledged to Croesus , that Sar- dis was the richest city of Asia after Babylon . Πλεσιωτάτην ἐν τῆ Ασία μέγα Βαβυλωνα . Xen . de Inst . Cyri . L. viii . EV " Plato was for granting the same ...
... mention Tyre . 10 poet does not Cyrus acknowledged to Croesus , that Sar- dis was the richest city of Asia after Babylon . Πλεσιωτάτην ἐν τῆ Ασία μέγα Βαβυλωνα . Xen . de Inst . Cyri . L. viii . EV " Plato was for granting the same ...
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... mentioned author , a very absurd and extraordinary opinion . The biogra- pher says , that Sphærus probably supposed , that Lycurgus had fixed upon twenty - eight senators , because that number is composed of seven multi- plied by four ...
... mentioned author , a very absurd and extraordinary opinion . The biogra- pher says , that Sphærus probably supposed , that Lycurgus had fixed upon twenty - eight senators , because that number is composed of seven multi- plied by four ...
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Page 190 - Prima cadunt : ita verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque. Debemur morti nos nostraque ; sive receptus Terra Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet, Regis opus ; sterilisve diu palus, aptaque remis, Vicinas urbes alit, et grave sentit aratrum ; Seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis, Doctus iter melius ; mortalia facta peribunt : Nedum sermonum stet honos, et gratia vivax.
Page 49 - Who, that looks upon the checkered scene of life, can fail to remark on each woe-worn visage, the traces left by care-creating avarice. It is this which multiplies grief in the cottage — it is this which imbitters disappointment in the palace. What is that which dries up the tears of filial sorrow: which dissolves the bonds of friendship; and which, while it occupies the sordid heart, shuts out compassion, and leaves no room for mercy? It is gold — that false semblance of happiness — that ideal...
Page 178 - Law in general is human reason insofar as it governs all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be only the particular cases to which human reason is applied.
Page 178 - Would it not be extremely difficult to apply to Spain the Code of political, civil and religious liberty of England? It would be even more difficult to adapt to Venezuela the laws of North America. Does not the Spirit of Laws state that they must be suited to the people for whom they are made; that it is a great coincidence when the laws of one nation suit another; that laws must bear relation to the physical features of a country, its climate, its soil, its situation, extension and manner of living...