Reflections on the revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that eventJ. Dodsley, 1790 - 364 oldal |
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35. oldal
... supporting itself , by the then unnecessary support of any argument ; but this feditious , unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught , avowed , and printed . The dislike I feel to revolutions , the signals for which have fo often ...
... supporting itself , by the then unnecessary support of any argument ; but this feditious , unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught , avowed , and printed . The dislike I feel to revolutions , the signals for which have fo often ...
41. oldal
... support of the idea , and a part of the scheme of " cashiering kings for misconduct . " In that light it is worth fome observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the fer- vants of the people , because their power has no other ...
... support of the idea , and a part of the scheme of " cashiering kings for misconduct . " In that light it is worth fome observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the fer- vants of the people , because their power has no other ...
55. oldal
... support of the throne . It is right that these men should hide their heads . It is right that they should bear their part in the ruin which their counsel has brought on their sovereign and their country . Such sanguine declarations tend ...
... support of the throne . It is right that these men should hide their heads . It is right that they should bear their part in the ruin which their counsel has brought on their sovereign and their country . Such sanguine declarations tend ...
80. oldal
... support of the naval strength of this kingdom ? Are all orders , ranks , and distinctions to be confounded , that out of universal anarchy , joined to national bankrupt- су , cy , three or four thousand democracies should be formed ( 80 )
... support of the naval strength of this kingdom ? Are all orders , ranks , and distinctions to be confounded , that out of universal anarchy , joined to national bankrupt- су , cy , three or four thousand democracies should be formed ( 80 )
115. oldal
... supported only by their own ter- rors , and by the concern , which each individual may find in them , from his own private specula- tions , or can spare to them from his own private interests . In the groves of their academy , at the ...
... supported only by their own ter- rors , and by the concern , which each individual may find in them , from his own private specula- tions , or can spare to them from his own private interests . In the groves of their academy , at the ...
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48. oldal - The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down to us, and from us in the same course and order. Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory, parts...
89. oldal - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
13. oldal - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
128. oldal - In England we have not yet been completely embowelled of our natural entrails : we still feel within us, and we cherish and cultivate, those inbred sentiments which are the faithful guardians, the active monitors of our duty, the true supporters of all liberal and manly morals.
115. oldal - Regicide, and parricide, and sacrilege, are but fictions of superstition, corrupting jurisprudence by destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way, gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.
48. oldal - By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges in the same manner in which we enjoy and transmit our property and our lives.
250. oldal - Political arrangement, as it is a work for social ends, is to be only wrought by social means. There mind must conspire with mind. Time is required to produce that union of minds which alone can produce all the good we aim at. Our patience will achieve more than our force.
113. oldal - It was this which, without confounding ranks, had produced a noble equality, and handed it down through all the gradations of social life. It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions, and raised private men to be fellows with kings.
49. oldal - By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic aspect. It has a pedigree and illustrating ancestors. It has its bearings and its ensigns armorial. It has its gallery of portraits ; its monumental inscriptions ; its records, evidences, and titles.
90. oldal - ... it is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.