The Spirit of Despotism ...Wilson & Blackwell, 1802 - 384 oldal |
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18. oldal
... danger , wherever he observes the smallest encroachment on their rights , and the spirit of the times tending but remotely to despotism . If there be a time , in which the senate of a free country has declared that the in- fluence of ...
... danger , wherever he observes the smallest encroachment on their rights , and the spirit of the times tending but remotely to despotism . If there be a time , in which the senate of a free country has declared that the in- fluence of ...
26. oldal
... . They will not often risque their repose in a dangerous contest with opulence and power . They stand in awe of the sword and the law ; which , in bad times , have been equally used as instruments of injus tice . Contented 26 THE SPIRIT.
... . They will not often risque their repose in a dangerous contest with opulence and power . They stand in awe of the sword and the law ; which , in bad times , have been equally used as instruments of injus tice . Contented 26 THE SPIRIT.
36. oldal
... danger , and why is a constant struggle ne- cessary to preserve it uninfringed ? Many causes combine , and perhaps none is more operative than a corrupt education , in which pride is nourished at the tenderest period , and the ...
... danger , and why is a constant struggle ne- cessary to preserve it uninfringed ? Many causes combine , and perhaps none is more operative than a corrupt education , in which pride is nourished at the tenderest period , and the ...
38. oldal
... dangerous to all that renders society happy , but fa- vorable to the despotic principle . Pleasure of the meanest kind will be the first and the last pursuit . Splendor , external show , the ostentation of riches , will be deemed ...
... dangerous to all that renders society happy , but fa- vorable to the despotic principle . Pleasure of the meanest kind will be the first and the last pursuit . Splendor , external show , the ostentation of riches , will be deemed ...
41. oldal
... dangerous , in a commercial country , to the cause of freedom . The mercantile orders constitute corporate bodies , rich , powerful , influential ; they therefore have great weight in elections . Juries are chiefly chosen from ...
... dangerous , in a commercial country , to the cause of freedom . The mercantile orders constitute corporate bodies , rich , powerful , influential ; they therefore have great weight in elections . Juries are chiefly chosen from ...
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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.