 ... discoveries in the constitution of a free government since the institution of Lycurgus. Even these have been so unfortunate that they have never spread: the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one, which had once adopted it; and...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 539redigeeritud poolt - 1795Full view - About this book
 | 1795 - 612 lehte
...equal branches— are perhaps the three only difcoveries in the conftitution of a free government, fmce the inftitution of Lycurgus. Even thefe have been...had once adopted it ; and the other two, reduced to pn dice, if not invented, by the Engliih nation, have never been imitated by any other except their... | |
 | John Adams - 1797 - 448 lehte
...fince the inftitution of Lycurgus. Even thefe have been fo unfortunate, that they have never fpread : the firft has been given up by all the nations, excepting...their own defcendants in America. While it would be rafh to fay, that nothing further can be done to bring a free government, in all its parts, ftill nearer... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Bullock - 1881 - 66 lehte
...institution of Lycurgus. Even these have been so unfortunate that they have never spread: the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one,...two, reduced to practice, if not invented, by the English nation, have never been imitated by any other except their own descendants in America." 39015050648966... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1882 - 534 lehte
...institution of Lycurgus. Even these have been so unfortunate that they have never spread : the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one,...two, reduced to practice, if not invented, by the English nation, have never been imitated by any other except their own descendants in America." 236... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 lehte
...unfortunate, that they have never spread: the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one, which had once adopted it; and the other two, reduced to practice, if not invented, by the English nation, have never been imitated by any other, except their own descendants in America. While... | |
 | Douglass Adair - 2000 - 230 lehte
...unfortunate, that they have never spread: the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one, which had once adopted it; and [the] other two, reduced to practice, if not invented by the English nation, have never been imitated by any other, except their descendants in America." John Adams,... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 308 lehte
...unfortunate, that they have never spread: the first has been given up by all the nations, excepting one, which had once adopted it; and the other two, reduced to practice, if not invented, by the English nation, have never been imitated by any other, except their own descendants in America. (1... | |
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