 For as soon as one prince augments his forces, the rest of course do the same ; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin. Each monarch keeps as many armies on foot as if his people were in danger of being exterminated ; and they give the...  The Oxford Magazine - Page 2111769Full view - About this book
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1750 - 538 pages
...contagious. For as foon as one prince augments what he calls his troops, the reft of courfe dp the fame ; fo that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....keeps as many armies on foot as if his people were in dan* See in hiftory the greatnefs, the oddity, and even the folly pf thofe taxes. Anaftafius invented... | |
 | Europe - 1775 - 408 pages
...becomes contagious. For as foon as one prince augments his forces, the reft of courfe do the fame ; fo that nothing is gained thereby, but the public...being exterminated; and they give the name of peace (true it is that this ftate of effort is the chief fupport of the balance, becaufe it checks the great... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1794 - 390 pages
...contagious. For as foon as one prince augments what he calls his troops, the reft of courfe do the fame; fo that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....people were in danger of being exterminated ; and they they give the name of Peace * to this general effort of all againft all. Thus Europe is ruined to that... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...contagious. For as foon as one prince augments what he calls his troops, the reft of courfe do the fame ; fo that nothing is gained thereby, but the public...many armies on foot as if his people were in danger ot being exterminated ; and they • See in hiftory the greatneft, the oddity, and even the folly of... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...becomes contagious. For as soon as one prince augments his forces, the rest of course do the same ; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin. Each monarch keeps as *See ih history, the greatness, th« oddity, and even the folly of those taxes. Anastasi'us invented... | |
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 580 pages
...contagious. For as soon as one prince augments what he calls his troops, the rest, of course, do the same; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....give the name of peace to this general effort of all against all. — MontesquieuSpirit of Laws, vol. 1, book 13, c. 17, p. 310. pelled to adopt extraordinary... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Evolution - 1899 - 472 pages
...becomes contagious. For as soon as one prince augments his forces, the rest, of course, do the same; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....give the name of peace* to this general effort of all against all. Thus is Europe ruined to such a degree that were private people to be in the same situation... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...becomes contagious. For as soon as one prince augments his forces, the rest of course do the same ; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....give the name of peace to this general effort of all against all. Thus is Europe ruined to such a degree that were private people to be in the same situation... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - State, The - 1899 - 492 pages
...becomes contagious. For as soon as one prince augments his forces, the rest, of course, do the same; so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....the name of peace«? to this general effort of all against all. Thus is Europe ruined to such a degree that were private people to be in the same situation... | |
 | American periodicals - 1904 - 498 pages
...For, as soon as one prince augments what he calls his troops, the rest, of course, do the same, so that nothing is gained thereby but the public ruin....give the name of peace to this general effort of all against all. Thus Europe is ruined to that degree, that were private people to be in the same situation... | |
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