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 sidor |
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... subject . This he had some thoughts of publishing early in the last spring ; but the matter gaining upon him , he found that what he had under- taken not only far exceeded the measure of a letter , but that its importance required ...
... subject . This he had some thoughts of publishing early in the last spring ; but the matter gaining upon him , he found that what he had under- taken not only far exceeded the measure of a letter , but that its importance required ...
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... subject of my observations . The National Assembly of France has given importance to these gentlemen by adopting them ; and they return the favour , by acting as a sort of sub - committee in England for extending the principles of the ...
... subject of my observations . The National Assembly of France has given importance to these gentlemen by adopting them ; and they return the favour , by acting as a sort of sub - committee in England for extending the principles of the ...
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... subject of a formal proceeding at their fef- tivals ; until , to my inexpressible surprize , I found them in a sort of public capacity , by a congratulatory address , giving an authoritative sanction to the proceedings of the National ...
... subject of a formal proceeding at their fef- tivals ; until , to my inexpressible surprize , I found them in a sort of public capacity , by a congratulatory address , giving an authoritative sanction to the proceedings of the National ...
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... subjects they are not lawful kings . That is their concern . It is ours , as a domestic interest of some moment , seriously to consider the solidity of the only prin- ciple upon which these gentlemen acknowledge a king of Great Britain ...
... subjects they are not lawful kings . That is their concern . It is ours , as a domestic interest of some moment , seriously to consider the solidity of the only prin- ciple upon which these gentlemen acknowledge a king of Great Britain ...
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... , improved , and in its fundamental principles for ever settled . It is called " An act for declaring " the rights and liberties of the subject , and for Settling C 3 " fettling the succession of the crown . " You ( 21 )
... , improved , and in its fundamental principles for ever settled . It is called " An act for declaring " the rights and liberties of the subject , and for Settling C 3 " fettling the succession of the crown . " You ( 21 )
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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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Sida 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...
Sida 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...
Sida 57 - ... precarious, tottering power, the discredited paper securities of impoverished fraud, and beggared rapine, held out as a currency for the support of...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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?
Sida 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.