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amongst them, and their standing forces are mere militia, of
the worst kind; and unfit to suppress any general insurrection
in countries so extremely populous. The sword, therefore, may
properly be said to be always in the hands of the poople,
which is a sufficient restraint upon the monarch, and obliges
him to lay his mandarins or governors of provinces under the
restraint of general laws, in order to prevent those
rebellions, which we learn from history to have been so
frequent and dangerous in that government. Perhaps, a pure
monarchy of this kind, were it fitted for a defence against
foreign enemies, would be the best of all governments, as
having both the tranquillity attending kingly power, and the
moderation and liberty of popular assemblies.

[5]C'est la politesse d'un Suisse

En Hollande civilis‚.

Rousseau.

[6]It is needless to cite Cicero or Pliny on this head: They
are too much noted: But one is a little surprised to find
Arrian, a very grave, judicious writer, interrupt the thread
of his narration all of a sudden, to tell his readers that he
himself is as emi nent among the Greeks for eloquence as
Alexander wasfor arms. Lib. i. 12.

[7]This poet (see lib. iv. 1175) recommends a very
extraordinary cure for love, and what one expects not to meet
with in so elegant and philosophical a poem. It seems to have
been the original of some of Dr. Swift's images. The elegant
Catullus and Phaedrus fall under the same censure.

[8]Att. Non mihi videtur ad beate vivendum satis esse
virtutem. Mar. At hercule Bruto meo videtur; cujus ego
judicium, pace tua dixerim, longe antepono tuo. Tusc. Quaest.
lib. v. 5.

[9]Lib. xvii. 4.

[10]In vita Flamin., c. 2.

[11] Plut. in vita Flamin. c. 17.

[12]Plut. in vita Flamin. c. 9.

[13]Tacit., Ann. lib. iii. cap. 64.

[14]In the Self-Tormentor of Terence, Clinias, whenever he
comes to town, instead of waiting on his mistress, sends for