...benevolence have given way to despotism; a single authority would absorb and annihilate every thing. All ranks, without distinction, can no longer, without running the risk of being taxed with guilt, do any thing else but tremble, bow their necks to the yoke, and lick the dust. The Superior Council, bulwark...

...benevolence have given way to despotism; a single authority would absorb and annihilate every thing. All ranks, without distinction, can no longer, without running the risk of being taxed with guilt, 'do any thing else but tremble, bow their necks to the yoke, and lick the dust. The Superior Council, bulwark...

...benevolence have given way to despotism ; a single authority would absorb and annihilate every thing. 'All ranks, without distinction, can no longer, without running the risk of being taxed with guilt, do any thing else but tremble, bow their necks to the yoke, and lick the dust. The Superior Council, bulwark...

...benevolence are converted into despotism: a "single authority would absorb and annihilate "every thing. All ranks, without distinction, can " no longer, without running the risk of being taxed "with guilt, do any thing else but tremble, bow "their necks to the yoke, and lick the dust. The "superior council,...