 ... and miscarriage will be equally destructive : after the conquest of a province, they will quarrel in the division ; after the loss of a battle, all will be endeavouring to secure themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining...  The British Essayists: Adventurer - Page 2741823Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 pages
...constant and uniform prosecution of a commott interest, arises the difficulty of securing subject^ against the encroachment of governors. Power is always...to the few, because the few are more vigilant and con. «istent ; it still contracts to a smaller number, till in time it centres in a single person.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...common interest, arises the difficulty of securing subjects against the encroachment of governours. Power is always gradually stealing away from the many...still contracts to a smaller number, till in time it centers in a single person. Thus all the forms of governments instituted among mankind, perpetuajly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...centres in a single person. * Thus all the forms of governments instituted among mankind, perpetually tend towards monarchy ; and power, however diffused... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. .» • From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...difficulty of securing subjects against the encroachment of governours. Power is always gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 390 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...centres in a single person. Thus all the forms of governments instituted among mankind, perpetually tend towards monarchy; ana power, however diffused... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...themselves by •bandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...governors. Power is always gradually stealing away from the m:mv to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent ; it still contracts to a smaller... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...still contracts to a smaller number, till in time it centers in a single person. Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind, perpetually... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 462 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...still contracts to a smaller number, till in time it centers in a single person. Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind, perpetually... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. • • ' From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a^ common interest, arises...still contracts to a smaller -number, till in time it centers in a single person. Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind, perpetually... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 586 pages
...themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the...difficulty of securing subjects against the encroachment of governours. Power is always gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more... | |
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