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The cabinet history of England, an abridgment of the chapters entitled ... - Page 149
by Charles MacFarlane - 1851
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1810 - 570 pages
...to Johnson's fame, than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments ; because it is impossible at once...such a constitution, must be left without any check whatever : regarded that form of government as best, which placed the efficient sovereignty in the...
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Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature

Thomas Green - Literature - 1810 - 262 pages
...to Johnson'sfame, than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments; because it is impossible at once to act and to control, and [1799-1 consequently the sovereign power, in such a constitution, must be left without any check whatever...
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Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature

Thomas Green - Literature - 1810 - 262 pages
...Johnson's fame, than 'all his Writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstftmsbf all governments; because it is -impossible at once to act and to control, and [1799-] consequently the sovereign power, in such a constitution, must be left without any check whatever:...
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I. The Claims of Sir Philip Francis, K. B., to the Authorship of Junius's ...

Edmund Henry Barker - Authorship - 1828 - 588 pages
...to Johnson's fame; than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once...such a constitution, must be left without any check whatever : regarded that form of government as best, which placed the efficient sovereignty in the...
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Memoirs of the life of ... sir James Mackintosh [extr. from ..., Volume 1

sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 552 pages
...to Johnson's fame, than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once...such a constitution, must be left without any check whatever ; — regarded that form of government as best, which placed the efficient sovereignty in...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 6

Ireland - 1835 - 726 pages
...monument to Johnson's fame than all his writings put together. Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once...power, in such a constitution, must be left without any of struggle and distress had hound us fast together, and moulded our tempers to each other ; when a...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 6

1835 - 742 pages
...monument to Johnson's fame than all his writings put together. Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once to act and to control, und, consequently, the sovereign power, in such a constitution, must he left without any check whatever;...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir James Mackintosh, Volume 1

Sir James Mackintosh - British - 1836 - 526 pages
...to Johnson's fame, than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once to act and to controul, and, consequently, the sovereign power, in such a constitution, must be left without any...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh, Volume 1

Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1836 - 558 pages
...to Johnson's fame, than all his writings put together. — Condemned democracy as the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once to act and to controul, and, consequently, the sovereign power, in such a constitution, must be left without any...
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The French Revolution, Volumes 1-2

Charles MacFarlane - France - 1844 - 684 pages
...proportion with his experience and calm study ; and he was ready to declare "democracy the most monstrous of all governments, because it is impossible at once...what was really passing, the progress of the French revelation, which was utterly hopeless in April 1791, ought to have carried this conviction to his...
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