The Spirit of Despotism ...Wilson & Blackwell, 1802 - 384 oldal |
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9. oldal
... courts and cities instead of the well - formed , beautiful , creature , who once bounded , in the glory of health and strength , over the forest and the mountain , glowing with the warmth of virtue , and breathing the spirit of ...
... courts and cities instead of the well - formed , beautiful , creature , who once bounded , in the glory of health and strength , over the forest and the mountain , glowing with the warmth of virtue , and breathing the spirit of ...
12. oldal
... of the irrational crea- tures , in foxes , apes , and monkies . A- mong nations so corrupted , the utmost ef fort of genius is a court intrigue or a mi- nisterial cabal . A degradation of the understanding , like this , is 12 THE SPIRIT.
... of the irrational crea- tures , in foxes , apes , and monkies . A- mong nations so corrupted , the utmost ef fort of genius is a court intrigue or a mi- nisterial cabal . A degradation of the understanding , like this , is 12 THE SPIRIT.
16. oldal
... for its extension , in all coun- tries where courts have influence , that the people , however great their numbers , are scarcely a match for its subtle contrivances , its false alarms , its bribes , its spies , 16 THE SPIRIT.
... for its extension , in all coun- tries where courts have influence , that the people , however great their numbers , are scarcely a match for its subtle contrivances , its false alarms , its bribes , its spies , 16 THE SPIRIT.
17. oldal
... court has an opportunity of gratifying , in a thousand different ways , both secretly and openly , the most prevalent and violent passions of human nature . When the mass of the people are artfully seduced to throw their weight into the ...
... court has an opportunity of gratifying , in a thousand different ways , both secretly and openly , the most prevalent and violent passions of human nature . When the mass of the people are artfully seduced to throw their weight into the ...
24. oldal
... courts of Eu- rope . Kings of England seldom assume the state enjoyed by an East India gover- nor , or even by subordinate officers . # Enriched at an early age , the adventu- rer returns to England . His property ad- mits him to the ...
... courts of Eu- rope . Kings of England seldom assume the state enjoyed by an East India gover- nor , or even by subordinate officers . # Enriched at an early age , the adventu- rer returns to England . His property ad- mits him to the ...
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340. oldal - The Spirit of the Lord , is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
341. oldal - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
18. oldal - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
345. oldal - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
341. oldal - And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.
230. oldal - It seems to me, that in order to maintain the moral system of the world at a certain point, far below that of ideal perfection, for we are made capable of conceiving what we are incapable of attaining; but, however, sufficient upon the whole to constitute a state easy and happy, or at the worst tolerable: I say, it seems to me...
341. oldal - ... the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
244. oldal - They are masters of the commonwealth ; because in substance they are themselves the commonwealth. The French Revolution, say they, was the act of the majority of the people; and if the majority of any other people, the people of England, for instance, wish to make the same change, they have the same right. Just the same undoubtedly. That is, none at all.
232. oldal - If they retire from the world, their splendour accompanies them, and enlightens even the obscurity of their retreat. If they take a part in public life, the effect is never indifferent. They either appear like ministers of divine vengeance, and their course through the world is marked by desolation and oppression, by poverty and servitude: or they are the guardian angels of the country they inhabit, busy to avert even the most distant evil, and to maintain or to procure peace, plenty, and the greatest...
229. oldal - ... rich traders, who from their success are presumed to have sharp and vigorous understandings, and to possess the virtues of diligence, order, constancy, and regularity, and to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice : these are the circumstances of men that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation.