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 páginas |
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... in society , is the first principle ( the germ as it were ) of public affections . It is the first link in the se- ries by which we proceed towards a love to our ries ( 68 ) cerns. They too could hardly be the moft ...
... in society , is the first principle ( the germ as it were ) of public affections . It is the first link in the se- ries by which we proceed towards a love to our ries ( 68 ) cerns. They too could hardly be the moft ...
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... to those of us whom , in the pride and intoxication of their theories , they have slighted , as not much better than tories . Hypocrisy , of course , delights in the 表 moft + most sublime speculations ; for , never intending to ( 93 )
... to those of us whom , in the pride and intoxication of their theories , they have slighted , as not much better than tories . Hypocrisy , of course , delights in the 表 moft + most sublime speculations ; for , never intending to ( 93 )
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... moft melan- choly occafion .. I hear that the august person , who was the principal object of our preacher's triumph , though he supported himself , felt much on that shameful occasion . As a man , it became him to feel for his wise and ...
... moft melan- choly occafion .. I hear that the august person , who was the principal object of our preacher's triumph , though he supported himself , felt much on that shameful occasion . As a man , it became him to feel for his wise and ...
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... accom- plishment . The people of England know how little in- fluence the teachers of religion are likely to have with the wealthy and powerful of long standing , and with ( 152 ) what imports men moft to know, which prevails ...
... accom- plishment . The people of England know how little in- fluence the teachers of religion are likely to have with the wealthy and powerful of long standing , and with ( 152 ) what imports men moft to know, which prevails ...
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... moft -- For the present I postpone all consideration of the supposed public profit of the sale , which however I conceive to be perfectly delusive . I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property . On the policy of that ...
... moft -- For the present I postpone all consideration of the supposed public profit of the sale , which however I conceive to be perfectly delusive . I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property . On the policy of that ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 57 - ... precarious, tottering power, the discredited paper securities of impoverished fraud, and beggared rapine, held out as a currency for the support of...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.