Reflections on the revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that eventJ. Dodsley, 1790 - Всего страниц: 364 |
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... perhaps I have given as good proofs of my attachment to that caufe , in the whole course of my public conduct . I think I envy liberty as little as they do , to any other nation . But I cannot ftand for- ward , and give praife or blame ...
... perhaps I have given as good proofs of my attachment to that caufe , in the whole course of my public conduct . I think I envy liberty as little as they do , to any other nation . But I cannot ftand for- ward , and give praife or blame ...
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... perhaps of more than Europe . All circumftances taken together , the French revo- lution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world . The most wonderful things are brought about in many instances by means the most ...
... perhaps of more than Europe . All circumftances taken together , the French revo- lution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world . The most wonderful things are brought about in many instances by means the most ...
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... perhaps tell us they mean to fay no more than that fome of the king's predeceffors have been called to the throne by fome fort of choice ; and therefore he owes his crown to the choice of his people . Thus , by a miferable fubterfuge ...
... perhaps tell us they mean to fay no more than that fome of the king's predeceffors have been called to the throne by fome fort of choice ; and therefore he owes his crown to the choice of his people . Thus , by a miferable fubterfuge ...
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... perhaps impoffible , to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the fupreme power , fuch as was exercifed by parliament at that time ; but the limits of a moral competence , fubjecting , even in powers more indisputably fovereign ...
... perhaps impoffible , to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the fupreme power , fuch as was exercifed by parliament at that time ; but the limits of a moral competence , fubjecting , even in powers more indisputably fovereign ...
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... perhaps , did the fovereign legislature manifest a more tender regard to that fundamen- tal principle of British conftitutional policy , than at the time of the Revolution , when it deviated from the direct line of hereditary fucceffion ...
... perhaps , did the fovereign legislature manifest a more tender regard to that fundamen- tal principle of British conftitutional policy , than at the time of the Revolution , when it deviated from the direct line of hereditary fucceffion ...
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abuſes affignats againſt almoſt antient authority becauſe beſt canton caufe cauſe chooſe church civil clergy compofed confequence confider confiderable confifcation conftitution courſe crown defcription deftruction deſtroy difpofition ecclefiaftical eftates election England eſtabliſhment exercife exift exiſtence expence fafe faid fame favour fecurity feems felves fenfe ferve fettled fhall fhare fhew fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething foon fovereign fpeculations fpirit France ftate ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure fyftem himſelf honour houſe inftitutions inftruments intereft itſelf juftice king laft leaſt lefs legiflators liberty meaſure ment mind minifters moft moſt muft muſt national affembly nature neceffary neceffity obferved Old Jewry pafs Paris perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffible political prefent preferve principles purpoſes reafon refpect religion reprefentative repreſentation revenue Revolution ſcheme ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft underſtand uſe virtue whilft whofe whole worfe
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Стр. 114 - by this new conquering empire of light and reafon. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the fuperadded ideas, furnifhed from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns, and the underftanding ratifies, as neceflary to cover the
Стр. 114 - of our naked fhivering nature, and to raife it to dignity in our own eftimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, abfurd, and antiquated fafhion. On this fcheme of things, a king is but a man; a queen is but a woman; a woman is but an animal ; and an animal not of the higheft order.
Стр. 26 - of Queen Elizabeth, as folemn a pledge as ever was or can be given in favour of an hereditary fucceffion, and as folemn a renunciation as could be made of the principles by this fociety imputed to them. " The lords " fpiritual and temporal, and commons, do, " in the name of all the people aforefaid, moft
Стр. 87 - in life, and to confolation in death. Whatever each man can feparately do, without trefpaffing upon others, he has a right to do for himfelf ; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which fociety, with all its combinations of fkill and force, can do in his favour. In this
Стр. 112 - love, that fhe fhould ever be obliged to carry the fharp antidote againft difgrace concealed in that bofom ; little did I dream that I fhould have lived to fee fuch difaft'ers fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thoufand fwords muft have leaped from their fcabbards to avenge
Стр. 14 - the world in which they are fo fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with fo much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the paffions they excite. Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be Allowed to the diffenfions and animofities of mankind.
Стр. 113 - ever be totally extinguifhed, the lofs I fear will be great. It is this which has given its character to modern Europe. It is this which has diftinguifhed it under all its forms of government, and diftinguifhed it to its advantage, from the ftates of Afia, and poffibly from thofe ftates which fiourifhed in the
Стр. 91 - rights entering into common life, like rays of light which pierce into a denfe medium, are, by the laws of nature, refracted from their ftraight line. Indeed in the grofs. and complicated mafs of human paffions and concerns, the primitive rights of men undergo fuch a variety of
Стр. 141 - And firft of all the fcience of jurifprudence, the pride of the human intellect, which, with all its defects, redundancies, and errors, is the collected reafon of ages, combining the principles of original juftice with the infinite variety of human concerns, as a heap of old exploded errors, would be no longer ftudied.
Стр. 247 - obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves of underftanding for fuch a tafk; it is the degenerate fondnefs for tricking