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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... never been , a member of either of those societies . • The first , calling itself the Constitutional So ciety , or Society for Constitutional Information , or by some such title , is , I believe , of seven or eight years standing . The ...
... never been , a member of either of those societies . • The first , calling itself the Constitutional So ciety , or Society for Constitutional Information , or by some such title , is , I believe , of seven or eight years standing . The ...
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... never occupied a mo- ment of my thoughts ; nor , I believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon enquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revo- lution in 1688 , a club of dissenters , but of what denomination I know ...
... never occupied a mo- ment of my thoughts ; nor , I believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon enquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revo- lution in 1688 , a club of dissenters , but of what denomination I know ...
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... never heard that any public measure , or political system , much less that the merits of the constitution of any foreign nation , had been the subject of a formal proceeding at their fef- tivals ; until , to my inexpressible surprize ...
... never heard that any public measure , or political system , much less that the merits of the constitution of any foreign nation , had been the subject of a formal proceeding at their fef- tivals ; until , to my inexpressible surprize ...
Σελίδα 27
... never desire to be thought a better whig than Lord Somers ; or to understand the principles of the Revolution better than those by whom it was brought about ; or to read in the declaration of right any misteries unknown to those whose ...
... never desire to be thought a better whig than Lord Somers ; or to understand the principles of the Revolution better than those by whom it was brought about ; or to read in the declaration of right any misteries unknown to those whose ...
Σελίδα 36
... never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial . They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights , not as among their wrongs ; as a benefit , not as a grievance ; as a ...
... never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial . They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights , not as among their wrongs ; as a benefit , not as a grievance ; as a ...
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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.