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, in Pall-Mall., 1790 - 364 ページ |
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... and are derived from an equal authority , emanating from the common a- greement and original compact of the state , com- muni sponsione reipublicœ , and as such are equally binding X binding on king , and people too , as long ( 28 )
... and are derived from an equal authority , emanating from the common a- greement and original compact of the state , com- muni sponsione reipublicœ , and as such are equally binding X binding on king , and people too , as long ( 28 )
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... equal in number to the representatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act separately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the expence , be of much moment . But when it became apparent that the three ...
... equal in number to the representatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act separately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the expence , be of much moment . But when it became apparent that the three ...
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... equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . ་ The chancellor of France at the opening of the states , said , in a tone of oratorial ...
... equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . ་ The chancellor of France at the opening of the states , said , in a tone of oratorial ...
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... equal representation by other coun- " tries , whilst we are mocked with the shadow , " kindles our shame . " To this he subjoins a note in these words . " A representation , chosen " chiefly by the Treasury , and a few thousands o the ...
... equal representation by other coun- " tries , whilst we are mocked with the shadow , " kindles our shame . " To this he subjoins a note in these words . " A representation , chosen " chiefly by the Treasury , and a few thousands o the ...
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... equal representation , which being once obtained , the same effects might follow . You see they consider our house of commons as only " a semblance , " " a form , " G 2 » « " a the- cr << " a theory , " " a shadow ( 83 )
... equal representation , which being once obtained , the same effects might follow . You see they consider our house of commons as only " a semblance , " " a form , " G 2 » « " a the- cr << " a theory , " " a shadow ( 83 )
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affignats againſt antient authority becauſe cafe canton caufe cauſe chooſe church civil clergy compofed confequence confider confiderable confifcation conftitution courſe crown defcription deftroy difpofition diftinction eftates election England eſtabliſhment exerciſe exift exiſtence faid fame favour fcheme fecurity feem felves fenfe fentiments ferve fettled fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fovereign fpeculations fpirit France ftate ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fuffer fupport fure fyftem greateſt himſelf honour houſe inftitutions inftruments intereft itſelf juft juftice king leaſt lefs legiflators liberty meaſure ment mind minifters moft moſt muft muſt national affembly nature neceffary neceffity obferve occafions Old Jewry paffed Paris perfons poffeffed poffible political prefent preferve principles puniſhment purpoſes queſtion reafon refpect religion reprefentative repreſentation revenue Revolution ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft underſtanding uſe virtue whilft whofe whole wifdom worfe worſe
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48 ページ - The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down to us, and from us in the same course and order. Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory, parts...
117 ページ - 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.
246 ページ - 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.
113 ページ - 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.
47 ページ - You will observe, that from 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.
135 ページ - We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal; that atheism is against, not only our reason, but our instincts; and that it cannot prevail long. But if, in the moment of riot, and in a drunken delirium from the hot spirit drawn out of the alembic of hell...
112 ページ - I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men...
133 ページ - 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?
87 ページ - If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right. It is an institution of beneficence ; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule.
205 ページ - He feels no ennobling principle in his own heart who wishes to level all the artificial institutions which have been adopted for giving a body to opinion and permanence to fugitive esteem.