 The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors,...  Chronicle of the conquest of Granada - Page 1681by Washington Irving - 1859Full view - About this book
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. 216 nate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the...his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. 5. Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely... | |
 | United States - 1833 - 64 pages
...itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries -which result, gradually incline...his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually inclining the minds of men to seek security and repose in the...his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1833 - 248 pages
...enormities, is itself frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline...repose in the absolute power of an individual. And, sooneror later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 622 pages
...itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline...his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty. Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely... | |
 | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Constitutional law - 1834 - 148 pages
...itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline...his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. , Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1832 - 360 pages
...leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which generally result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek...his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. " Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, which nevertheless ought not to be entirely... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 698 pages
...itself a most horrid despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline...seek security and repose in the absolute power of a single individual ; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able, or more... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1835 - 772 pages
...itself a most horrid despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline...seek security and repose in the absolute power of a single individual ; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able, or more... | |
 | Andrew White Young - Political Science - 1836 - 334 pages
...itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline...his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty. 302 PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. Let it not be supposed that there exists no cause for present apprehensions... | |
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