Aristocracy, considered in its relations with the progress of civilization. From the Fr., with notes by the translator |
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... wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; His seat , where solitary sports are seen , Indignant spurns the cottage from ...
... wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; His seat , where solitary sports are seen , Indignant spurns the cottage from ...
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... wealth · CHAPTER VII . On aristocratic institutions in their connexion with manners CHAPTER VIII . On the privileges of property , considered in connexion with the prosperity of the families who enjoy them CHAPTER IX . On a territorial ...
... wealth · CHAPTER VII . On aristocratic institutions in their connexion with manners CHAPTER VIII . On the privileges of property , considered in connexion with the prosperity of the families who enjoy them CHAPTER IX . On a territorial ...
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... wealth , manners , and on the amount of the population ; in a word , on all the elements of the greatness and felicity of a people . Then , inquiring if the services rendered by an Aristocracy really compensate society for the evils ...
... wealth , manners , and on the amount of the population ; in a word , on all the elements of the greatness and felicity of a people . Then , inquiring if the services rendered by an Aristocracy really compensate society for the evils ...
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... wealth and authority increased in the ratio of the number of their dependents . At a later period , other circumstances completed the consolidation of the aristocratic supremacy . Society developed itself : with an augmentation of the ...
... wealth and authority increased in the ratio of the number of their dependents . At a later period , other circumstances completed the consolidation of the aristocratic supremacy . Society developed itself : with an augmentation of the ...
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... . The natural attribute of wealth and intelli- gence , power , always tends to follow their diffusion : it extends , concentrates , or contracts itself with them ; and the greater part of revolutions are only the con- ON ARISTOCRACY .
... . The natural attribute of wealth and intelli- gence , power , always tends to follow their diffusion : it extends , concentrates , or contracts itself with them ; and the greater part of revolutions are only the con- ON ARISTOCRACY .
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