. The craftsman. owed i each Party triumphdin its Turn ; They were more animated and betterdifciplind by their Contefts ; both grew ftronger Commonnvealth alone grew weaker ; and Pompeyand Cafar finifhd the laft tragical Scene, whichMar his and Sylla began. In fine, the Roman Common-tvealth would have been difTolved much fooner thanit was, by the Defedts I have mentioned ; whichmany Circumftances concurred to aggravate, if fuch aSpirit of Wifdom, as well as Courage, and fuch anEnthufiafm for the Grandeur, the Majefty, and theDuration of their Empire had not poiTeffed this People,as never
. The craftsman. owed i each Party triumphdin its Turn ; They were more animated and betterdifciplind by their Contefts ; both grew ftronger Commonnvealth alone grew weaker ; and Pompeyand Cafar finifhd the laft tragical Scene, whichMar his and Sylla began. In fine, the Roman Common-tvealth would have been difTolved much fooner thanit was, by the Defedts I have mentioned ; whichmany Circumftances concurred to aggravate, if fuch aSpirit of Wifdom, as well as Courage, and fuch anEnthufiafm for the Grandeur, the Majefty, and theDuration of their Empire had not poiTeffed this People,as never poffefsd any other. When this Spirit de-cayd, when this Enthufiafm coold, the Conjiitutioncould not help, nay worked againft itfelf ThatDi^atorial Power, on which the Se?2ate had alwaysdepended for preferving it, compleated the Ruin of it,in the Hands of C<efar ; and that Tribunitial Ponver,to which the People had always trutted the Defence oftheir Liberty, confirmed their Skvery, in the Handsof Augufius, 0». Saturday N°43^ T2?^ Cr AFTSMA N. 8l N° 438. Saturday, November 23, 1734. Tloe fame SubjeSi continued. In vjhkh the ancient Conjliiution of Sv a l ]:^, and theCaufes of its Subve-rfcn are examined. To CALEB DANVERS, Efq,
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