who must necessarily be adverse to him, inasmuch as he had formerly been his enemy. And how the great resent indig- nities every person is aware:
For though we deem the short-lived fury past,
'Tis sure the mighty will revenge at last.Pope.
As no inconsiderable proof of our author's detestation of barbarity, even in the progress to the throne, we might refer to chap. 8 of The Prince, and lib. 1. chap. 10, of his Reflections on Livy. He views every circumstance in the light of general policy: he recommends one head to be taken off to save a thousand, and the sacrifice of a few to regenerate and make nations happy[1]: and he advises, above all, that a monarch, (whether a usurper or not), should so conduct himself, that on the reverses of fortune he may have nothing to dread, which, in other words, is to secure the love and affections of his people; for the throne of a monarch ought to be in the hearts of his
- ↑ Vide The Prince, chap. 18.
