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 ParisD. Humphreys, 1792 - 256 páginas |
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... must confider them as a kind of privileged per fons ; as no inconfiderable members in the diplomatic body . This is one among the revolutions which have given fplendour to obfcurity , and diftinction to undif cerned merit . Until very ...
... must confider them as a kind of privileged per fons ; as no inconfiderable members in the diplomatic body . This is one among the revolutions which have given fplendour to obfcurity , and diftinction to undif cerned merit . Until very ...
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... must be tolerably fure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a bleffing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more fervice to the people than to ...
... must be tolerably fure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a bleffing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more fervice to the people than to ...
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... must recall their erring fancies to the acts of the Revolution which we revere , for the difcovery of its true principles . If the principles of the Revolution of 1688 , are any where to be found , it is in the statute called the ...
... must recall their erring fancies to the acts of the Revolution which we revere , for the difcovery of its true principles . If the principles of the Revolution of 1688 , are any where to be found , it is in the statute called the ...
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... must begin , is faint , obfcure , and not cafily definable . It is not a fingle act , or a fingle event , which determines it . Go- vernments must be abused and deranged indeed , before it can be thought of ; and the profpect of the future ...
... must begin , is faint , obfcure , and not cafily definable . It is not a fingle act , or a fingle event , which determines it . Go- vernments must be abused and deranged indeed , before it can be thought of ; and the profpect of the future ...
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... must leave in an humble state , as those whom it is able to exalt to a condition more fplendid but not more happy . You had a smooth and eafy career of felicity and glory laid open to you , beyond any thing recorded in the hiftory of ...
... must leave in an humble state , as those whom it is able to exalt to a condition more fplendid but not more happy . You had a smooth and eafy career of felicity and glory laid open to you , beyond any thing recorded in the hiftory of ...
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