Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event: In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in ParisJ. Dodsley, 1790 - 364 sider |
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Side 9
... thefe ( in their way ) are good things too ; and , without them , liberty is not a be- nefit whilst it lafts , and is not likely to continue long . The effect of liberty to individuals is , that they may do what they please : We ought ...
... thefe ( in their way ) are good things too ; and , without them , liberty is not a be- nefit whilst it lafts , and is not likely to continue long . The effect of liberty to individuals is , that they may do what they please : We ought ...
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... Thefe few restrictions I hope are no great flretches of intolerance , no very violent exertions of defpotifin . But I may fay of our preacher , " utinam nugis " tota illa dediffet tempora fævitiæ . " -All things in this his fulminating ...
... Thefe few restrictions I hope are no great flretches of intolerance , no very violent exertions of defpotifin . But I may fay of our preacher , " utinam nugis " tota illa dediffet tempora fævitiæ . " -All things in this his fulminating ...
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... thefe politicians proceed , whilft little no- tice is taken of their doctrines ; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words and the direct tendency of their doctrines , then equivocations and flippery con ...
... thefe politicians proceed , whilft little no- tice is taken of their doctrines ; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words and the direct tendency of their doctrines , then equivocations and flippery con ...
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... thefe old declaratory ftatutes . The two houfes , in the act of king William , did not thank God that they had found a fair op- portunity to affert a right to choose their own governors , much lefs to make an election the only lawful ...
... thefe old declaratory ftatutes . The two houfes , in the act of king William , did not thank God that they had found a fair op- portunity to affert a right to choose their own governors , much lefs to make an election the only lawful ...
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... thefe defcriptions of law are of the fame force , and are derived from an equal authority , emanating from the common a- greement and original compact of the ftate , com- muni fponfione reipublice , and as fuch are equally binding ...
... thefe defcriptions of law are of the fame force , and are derived from an equal authority , emanating from the common a- greement and original compact of the ftate , com- muni fponfione reipublice , and as fuch are equally binding ...
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Side 117 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have in this European world of ours depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined: I mean the spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion.
Side 48 - ... the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Side 13 - 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.
Side 47 - Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Side 133 - Who, born within the last forty years, has read one word of Collins, and Toland, and Tindal, and Chubb, and Morgan, and that whole race who called themselves Freethinkers? Who now reads Bolingbroke? Who ever read him through?
Side 353 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Side 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Side 246 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Side 127 - ... dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour.
Side 113 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.