| Books - 1774 - 592 pages
...but caft a great light upon the fyftem of politics. ( Upon the fyftem of politics I the expreffion which hath juft dropped from my pen, may ferve to...all the governments of antiquity, except the great ancient monarchies, the origin of which we are ignorant of, owe their birth to a town, to a city. A... | |
| several hands - 1774 - 596 pages
...but caft a great light upon the fyftem of politics. * Upon the iyftem of politics ! the expreffion which hath juft dropped from my pen, may ferve to prove the truth of what I am going tounfold. It is, that all the governments of antiMt^"» O^B)t; '^e §reat ancient monarchies, the origin... | |
| François Jean marquis de Chastellux - Social history - 1792 - 504 pages
...caft a great light upon the fyftcrn of politics. Upon Upon the fyftem of politics !(/) the expreffion which hath juft dropped from my pen, may ferve to...we are ignorant of, owe their birth to a town, to a ciry. A little refleftion would convince us, that it could not have been otherwile. In \ fact, men... | |
| 1793 - 526 pages
...the great ancient monarchies, of the origin of which we are ignorant, owe their birth to a town, or 'a city. • A little reflection would convince us, that it could not have been otherwife. In fan, men were not known under the name of a people, but when they •equally enjoyed the fame laws,... | |
| Michael Sonenscher - History - 2009 - 429 pages
...revealed a significant fact. "It is that all the governments of antiquity, except the great ancient monarchies, the origin of which we are ignorant of, owe their birth to a town, to a city."" The more individuals are disseminated over the surface of the earth, the more are they occupied in... | |
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