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 - 356 σελίδες |
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... should be sorry to be thought , directly or indirectly , concerned in their pro- ceedings . I certainly take my full share , along with the rest of the world , in my individual and private capacity , in speculating on what has been done ...
... should be sorry to be thought , directly or indirectly , concerned in their pro- ceedings . I certainly take my full share , along with the rest of the world , in my individual and private capacity , in speculating on what has been done ...
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... should think it , at least improper and irregular , for me to open a formal public correspondence with the actual government of a foreign nation , with- out the express authority of the government un- der which I live . I should be ...
... should think it , at least improper and irregular , for me to open a formal public correspondence with the actual government of a foreign nation , with- out the express authority of the government un- der which I live . I should be ...
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... should ? It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis , not of the affairs of France alone , but of all Europe , perhaps of more than Europe . All circumstances taken together , the French revo- lution is the most astonishing that has ...
... should ? It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis , not of the affairs of France alone , but of all Europe , perhaps of more than Europe . All circumstances taken together , the French revo- lution is the most astonishing that has ...
Σελίδα 14
... should find nothing to satisfy their pious fancies Difcourfe on the Love of our Country , Nov. 4 , 1789 , by Dr. Richard Price , 3d edition , p . 17 and 18 . in the old staple of the national church , or in ( 14 ) this lecture in the ...
... should find nothing to satisfy their pious fancies Difcourfe on the Love of our Country , Nov. 4 , 1789 , by Dr. Richard Price , 3d edition , p . 17 and 18 . in the old staple of the national church , or in ( 14 ) this lecture in the ...
Σελίδα 15
... should be so earnest for setting up new churches , and so perfectly indifferent con- cerning the doctrine which may be taught in them . His zeal is of a curious character . It is not for the propagation of his own opinions , but of any ...
... should be so earnest for setting up new churches , and so perfectly indifferent con- cerning the doctrine which may be taught in them . His zeal is of a curious character . It is not for the propagation of his own opinions , but of any ...
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againſt antient authority becauſe Burke cafe caufe cauſe church circumftances civil clergy compofed confequence confider confideration confifcation conftitution courſe crown declaration defcription defpotifm deſtroy difpofition diftinction eftates England Engliſh eſtabliſhed exercife exift exiſtence expence faid fame favour fecurity feems felves fenfe fent ferve fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fovereign fpirit France French French Revolution ftate ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fure fyftem Garde du Corps hereditary himſelf houſe inſtead intereft itſelf juftice King laft leaſt lefs legiflators liberty meaſure ment minifters moft monarchy moſt muft muſt National Affembly nature neceffary neceffity Neckar obferve paffed Paris Parliament perfons poffeffed poffible prefent preferve principles puniſhment purpoſe queſtion racter reafon refpect reprefentation reprefentative revenue Revolution ſcheme ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtand uſe whilft whofe whole wiſdom worfe
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Σελίδα 48 - 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; wherein by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Σελίδα 48 - 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...
Σελίδα 57 - ... precarious, tottering power, the discredited paper securities of impoverished fraud, and beggared rapine, held out as a currency for the support of...
Σελίδα 69 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Σελίδα 87 - 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.
Σελίδα 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?
Σελίδα 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Σελίδα 88 - ... civil society be the offspring of convention, that convention must be its law. That convention must limit and modify all the descriptions of constitution which are formed under it. Every sort of legislative, judicial, or executory power are its creatures.
Σελίδα 49 - By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic aspect. It has a pedigree and illustrating ancestors. It has its bearings and its ensigns armorial. It has its gallery of portraits ; its monumental inscriptions ; its records, evidences, and titles.
Σελίδα 115 - I may use the expression, in persons ; so as to create in us love, veneration, admiration, or attachment. But that sort of reason which banishes the affections is incapable of filling their place. These public affections, combined with manners, are required sometimes as supplements, sometimes as correctives, always as aids to law.