I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. 2.51K
History ….. is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. 642
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. 583
