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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17. oldal
... interest of fome moment , serioufly to confider the folidity of the only prin- ciple upon which these gentlemen acknowledge a king of Great Britain to be entitled to their allegiance . This doctrine , as applied to the prince now on the ...
... interest of fome moment , serioufly to confider the folidity of the only prin- ciple upon which these gentlemen acknowledge a king of Great Britain to be entitled to their allegiance . This doctrine , as applied to the prince now on the ...
28. oldal
... interest under their engagaments , as much as the whole state is bound to keep its faith with feparate com- munities . Otherwise competence and power would foon be confounded , and no law be left but the will of a prevailing force . On ...
... interest under their engagaments , as much as the whole state is bound to keep its faith with feparate com- munities . Otherwise competence and power would foon be confounded , and no law be left but the will of a prevailing force . On ...
50. oldal
... composed ; you had all that combination , and all that oppo- sition of interests , you had that action and coun- teraction which , in the natural and in the poli- tical 3 tical world , from the reciprocal struggle of dif- cordant ( 50 )
... composed ; you had all that combination , and all that oppo- sition of interests , you had that action and coun- teraction which , in the natural and in the poli- tical 3 tical world , from the reciprocal struggle of dif- cordant ( 50 )
51. oldal
... interests , which you confidered as so great a blemish in your old and in our present constitution , interpose a falutary check to all precipitate resolutions ; They render deliberation a matter not of choice , but of neceffity ; they ...
... interests , which you confidered as so great a blemish in your old and in our present constitution , interpose a falutary check to all precipitate resolutions ; They render deliberation a matter not of choice , but of neceffity ; they ...
54. oldal
... interest , that . she might prostitute her virtue . All other nations have begun the fabric of a new government , or the reformation of an old , by establishing originally , or by enforcing with greater exactness fome rites or other of ...
... interest , that . she might prostitute her virtue . All other nations have begun the fabric of a new government , or the reformation of an old , by establishing originally , or by enforcing with greater exactness fome rites or other of ...
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abuſes affembly almoſt antient authority becauſe beſt cauſe church circumſtances civil clergy compoſed confider confiderable confiſcation conſequence conſtitution courſe crown deſcription deſigns diſpoſition election England eſtabliſhment eſtates evil exerciſe exiſt expence falſe fame favour firſt fome fovereign France fuch fuffer fure honour houſe inſtitutions inſtruments intereſt itſelf juſt king landed laſt leaſt legiſlative leſs liberty maſs meaſure ment mind miniſters monarchy moſt muſt national aſſembly nature neceſſary obſerve Old Jewry opinion Paris perſons pleaſe pleaſure political poſitive poſſible preſent preſerve principles purpoſes queſtion reaſon religion repreſentation repreſentative reſource reſpect revenue Revolution ſame ſay ſcheme ſecurity ſee ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhare ſhew ſhould ſituation ſociety ſome ſomething ſometimes ſpeak ſpecies ſpeculations ſpirit ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſupport ſuppoſe ſyſtem themſelves theſe gentlemen thing thoſe tion uſe virtue whilft whole whoſe worſe
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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.