The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 3John Sharpe, 1809 - English poetry |
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... usurpation of the supreme power to himself , or his tyranny in the exercise of it : and , if lawful princes have been esteemed tyrants , by not containing themselves within the bounds of those laws which have been left them , as the ...
... usurpation of the supreme power to himself , or his tyranny in the exercise of it : and , if lawful princes have been esteemed tyrants , by not containing themselves within the bounds of those laws which have been left them , as the ...
Page 66
... usurpation of a tyrant ) ; so that either this title is right , and then there are no usurpers , or else it is a wrong one , and then there are none else but usurpers , if you exa- mine the original pretences of the princes of the world ...
... usurpation of a tyrant ) ; so that either this title is right , and then there are no usurpers , or else it is a wrong one , and then there are none else but usurpers , if you exa- mine the original pretences of the princes of the world ...
Page 68
... usurpation upon the rights of a whole na- tion , there can be none most certainly upon those of a private person ; and , if the robbers of countries be God's vicegerents , there is no doubt but the thieves and banditos , and murderers ...
... usurpation upon the rights of a whole na- tion , there can be none most certainly upon those of a private person ; and , if the robbers of countries be God's vicegerents , there is no doubt but the thieves and banditos , and murderers ...
Page 72
... usurper upon those of the people . I do not here deny con- quest to be sometimes ( though it be very rarely ) a true ... usurpation instead of conquest in the original titles of some royal families abroad ( as no doubt there have been ...
... usurper upon those of the people . I do not here deny con- quest to be sometimes ( though it be very rarely ) a true ... usurpation instead of conquest in the original titles of some royal families abroad ( as no doubt there have been ...
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... usurpation ( under what name or pretext soever ) can be kept up without open force , nor force without the continuance of those oppressions upon the peo- ple , which will at last tire out their patience , though it be great even to ...
... usurpation ( under what name or pretext soever ) can be kept up without open force , nor force without the continuance of those oppressions upon the peo- ple , which will at last tire out their patience , though it be great even to ...
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