Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, in a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in ParisApollo Press, 1814 - 246 ページ |
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... original compact of the state , communi sponsione reipublicæ , and as such are equally binding on the king , and people too , as long as the terms are observed , and they continue the same body politic . It is far from impossible to ...
... original compact of the state , communi sponsione reipublicæ , and as such are equally binding on the king , and people too , as long as the terms are observed , and they continue the same body politic . It is far from impossible to ...
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... original contract between king and people . This was more than misconduct . A grave and over - ruling neces- sity obliged them to take the step they took , and took with infinite reluctance , as under that most rigorous of all laws ...
... original contract between king and people . This was more than misconduct . A grave and over - ruling neces- sity obliged them to take the step they took , and took with infinite reluctance , as under that most rigorous of all laws ...
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... original plant . All the reformations we have hitherto made , have proceeded upon the principle of reference to antiquity ; and I hope , nay I am persuaded , that all those which possibly may be made hereafter , will be carefully ...
... original plant . All the reformations we have hitherto made , have proceeded upon the principle of reference to antiquity ; and I hope , nay I am persuaded , that all those which possibly may be made hereafter , will be carefully ...
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... original frame , I took a view of the re- presentatives of the clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of pro- perty , or to the aptitude of the deputies for their public purposes , in ...
... original frame , I took a view of the re- presentatives of the clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of pro- perty , or to the aptitude of the deputies for their public purposes , in ...
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... original rights of man in civil so- ciety ; for I have in my contemplation the civil social man , and no other . It is a thing to be settled by con- vention . If civil society be the offspring of convention , that con- vention must be ...
... original rights of man in civil so- ciety ; for I have in my contemplation the civil social man , and no other . It is a thing to be settled by con- vention . If civil society be the offspring of convention , that con- vention must be ...
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abuse amongst ancient Archbishop of Paris army assignats Atheists authority body called canton Cardinal of Lorraine cause choice church citizens civil clergy commendatory abbots common commonwealth composed confiscation constitution contempt crimes crown degree despotism destroyed election England equal establishment estates evil existence expence favour France gentlemen habits hereditary honour house of commons house of lords human interest justice king King of France kingdom landed legislators liberty ligion mankind means ment metaphysics military mind minister monarchy moral municipalities National Assembly nature Necker never nobility obedience object Old Jewry opinion Paris persons political possessed present preserve principles proceedings racter reason reform religion render republic revenue revolution ruin scheme sembly shew society sort sovereign speculations spirit thing third estate tion true tyranny vices virtue wealth whilst whole wholly wisdom
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77 ページ - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
77 ページ - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
35 ページ - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
77 ページ - The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound...
77 ページ - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
34 ページ - 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...
73 ページ - ... amidst the horrid yells, and shrilling screams, and frantic dances, and infamous contumelies, and all the unutterable abominations of the furies of hell, in the abused shape of the vilest of women.
80 ページ - ... paid it with usury, by enlarging their ideas, and by furnishing their minds. Happy if they had all continued to know their indissoluble union, and their proper place ! Happy if learning, not debauched by ambition, had been satisfied to continue the instructor, and not aspired to be the master ! Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be cast into the mire, and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
61 ページ - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
35 ページ - By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges, in the same manner in which we enjoy and transmit our property and our lives.