Selections from Cobbett's Political Works: Being a Complete Abridgement of the 100 Volumes which Comprise the Writings of "Porcupine" and the "Weekly Political Register." With Notes, Historical and Explanatory, 第 3 巻A. Cobbett; [etc., etc., pref., 1835 |
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31 ページ - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud, to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me : Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, 210 Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
415 ページ - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
31 ページ - That counts your Beauties only by your Stains, Spin all your Cobwebs o'er the Eye of Day! The Muse's wing shall brush you all away: All his Grace preaches, all his Lordship sings, All that makes Saints of Queens, and Gods of Kings.
28 ページ - See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law : While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — •• Nothing is sacred now but villany.
231 ページ - The true reason, arising from the spirit of our constitution, seems to be this. The lords, being a permanent hereditary body, created at pleasure by the king, are supposed more liable to be influenced by the crown, and when once influenced to continue so, than the commons, who are a temporary, elective body, freely nominated by the people. It would therefore be extremely dangerous, to give the lords any power of framing new taxes for the subject...
112 ページ - I have waited with the greatest anxiety until the committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into my conduct as Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's army had closed its examinations, and I now hope that it will not be deemed improper to address this letter, through you, to the House of Commons.
231 ページ - So that it is a matter most essential to the liberties of this kingdom, that such members be delegated to this important trust, as are most eminent for their probity, their fortitude, and their knowledge ; for it was a known apothegm of the great Lord Treasurer Burleigh, "that England could never be ruined but by a parliament...
472 ページ - My Lords and Gentlemen : I receive the communication which the two Houses have directed you to make to me, of their joint resolutions, on the subject of providing for "the exercise of the royal authority, during his Majesty's illness," with those sentiments of regard which I must ever entertain for the united desires of the two Houses.
28 ページ - Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See, all our nobles begging to be slaves! See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law: While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — 'Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
28 ページ - Lo! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England's genius, rough with many a scar, Dragg'd in the dust! his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trails along the ground ! Our youth, all liveried o'er with foreign gold, Before her dance!