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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91. oldal
... worse of them . If you were to contemplate society in but one point of view , all these simple modes of polity are infinitely captivating . In effect each would anfwer its fingle end much more perfectly than the more complex is able to ...
... worse of them . If you were to contemplate society in but one point of view , all these simple modes of polity are infinitely captivating . In effect each would anfwer its fingle end much more perfectly than the more complex is able to ...
107. oldal
... worse announced by the voice of angels to the quiet innocence of shepherds . At first I was at a loss to account for this fit of unguarded transport . I knew , indeed , that the fufferings of monarchs make a delicious re- past to some ...
... worse announced by the voice of angels to the quiet innocence of shepherds . At first I was at a loss to account for this fit of unguarded transport . I knew , indeed , that the fufferings of monarchs make a delicious re- past to some ...
116. oldal
... worse means for its fup- port . The ufurpation which , in order to fubvert antient institutions , has destroyed antient princi- ples , will hold power by arts similar to those by which it has acquired it . When the old feudal and ...
... worse means for its fup- port . The ufurpation which , in order to fubvert antient institutions , has destroyed antient princi- ples , will hold power by arts similar to those by which it has acquired it . When the old feudal and ...
143. oldal
... worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice , we have confecrated the state , that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by ...
... worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice , we have confecrated the state , that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by ...
154. oldal
... worse hands than estates to the like amount in the hands of this Earl , or that Squire ; although it may be true , that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the for- mer , and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children ...
... worse hands than estates to the like amount in the hands of this Earl , or that Squire ; although it may be true , that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the for- mer , and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children ...
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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.