An Essay on Public Happiness, Volym 1

abfolutely abfurd æra affert affift againſt alfo almoſt amidſt amongst ancient Auguftus barbarous becauſe Carthage cauſe Chriftians circumftance confequence Conftantine conftantly courſe defire Diodorus Siculus diſcover doth emperor empire enemy eſtabliſhed exifted exiſted expreffion faid fame fecond feems felves fenate ferve feveral fhall fhould fince firft firſt fituation flaves fociety foldiers folely fome foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport fyftem Gauls Greece Greeks happineſs hath hiftorians himſelf hiſtory ibid impoffible inftance inſtead intereft itſelf Jefus kings Lactantius laſt laws leaſt lefs Livy Lycurgus mafter mankind ment moft moſt muft muſt nations neceffary neceffity neral obferved occafion paffage paffed perceive perfons philofopher Plutarch poffible prefent preferved prince prove queſtion reader reaſon refpectable reign religion republic Romans Rome ſeems Servius Tullius ſhall Sozomenes Sparta ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Trajan univerfal uſe vertues whilft whofe whoſe