An Essay On The True Principles Of Executive Power In Great States Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from An Essay on the True Principles of Executive Power in Great States, Vol. 1 HE time is not Far diftant, when the inha bitants of every country were interefted in the projec'ts and hopes' of the French nation the time is not far difiant, when it was ima gined that the firfi kingdom of europe would add new luftre to its exalted defiiny, and fur. Nilh the example of a happy regeneration in political principles. It was impofiible to obe ferve without emotion the full dawn of _fi'ee dom amidft a people pofl'efiing (0 many claims to celebrity and the eyes of mankind were fixed with admiration upon the memorable epocha, when a monarch, heir to a power, the limits of which were unknown, formed him felf the generous refolution of circumfcribing them and when, difdaining the ambition of an unbounded authority, he furrendered himfelf to the emotions of a virtuous mind, and aim ed at fecuring to his fubjeéts the vafl benefits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.