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... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
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... passions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I ...
... passions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical exactness , to give your Lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I ...
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... passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a statesman , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; it has always connected with it the ideas of treachery , cruelty , fraud , and tyranny ; and those ...
... passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a statesman , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; it has always connected with it the ideas of treachery , cruelty , fraud , and tyranny ; and those ...
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... passion and inter- est to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their per- sons become victims of his suspicions . The ...
... passion and inter- est to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their per- sons become victims of his suspicions . The ...
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... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless passions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless passions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
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