Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, in a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris |
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So far is it from being true , that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings , that if we had possessed it before , the English nation did at that time most so- lemnly renounce and abdicate it , for themselves and for ...
So far is it from being true , that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings , that if we had possessed it before , the English nation did at that time most so- lemnly renounce and abdicate it , for themselves and for ...
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You will see , that their whole care was to secure the re- ligion , laws , and liberties , that had been long possessed , and had been lately endangered . Taking into their most serious consideration the best means for making such an ...
You will see , that their whole care was to secure the re- ligion , laws , and liberties , that had been long possessed , and had been lately endangered . Taking into their most serious consideration the best means for making such an ...
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Your constitution , it is true , whilst you were out of possession , suffered waste and dila- pidation ; but you possessed in some parts the walls , and in all the foundation of a noble and venerable castle .
Your constitution , it is true , whilst you were out of possession , suffered waste and dila- pidation ; but you possessed in some parts the walls , and in all the foundation of a noble and venerable castle .
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This faculty had not , any more than that of the law , possessed in France its just estimation . Its professors , therefore , must have the quality of men not habituated to sentiments of dignity . But supposing they had ranked as they ...
This faculty had not , any more than that of the law , possessed in France its just estimation . Its professors , therefore , must have the quality of men not habituated to sentiments of dignity . But supposing they had ranked as they ...
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Whilst they are possessed by these notions , it is in vain to talk to them of the practice of their ancestors , the fundamental laws of their country , the fixed form of a constitution , whose merits are con- firmed by the solid test of ...
Whilst they are possessed by these notions , it is in vain to talk to them of the practice of their ancestors , the fundamental laws of their country , the fixed form of a constitution , whose merits are con- firmed by the solid test of ...
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ancient appear army authority become better body called cause character choice church civil clergy common concern conduct confiscation consider considerable constitution contribution course crown destroyed direct effect election England equal establishment estates evil existence favour feel follow force France give given ground hands honour human ideas individuals interest justice kind king kingdom landed least less liberty look manner means ment military mind moral National Assembly nature never object observed operation opinion original Paris perhaps persons political possessed present preserve principles proceedings produce reason received regard religion render republic respect rule scheme sense society sort spirit succession suffer sure taken thing thought tion true vices virtue wealth whilst whole wisdom wish
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Página 77 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Página 77 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 35 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Página 77 - The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound...
Página 77 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Página 34 - Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity...
Página 73 - ... amidst the horrid yells, and shrilling screams, and frantic dances, and infamous contumelies, and all the unutterable abominations of the furies of hell, in the abused shape of the vilest of women.
Página 80 - ... paid it with usury, by enlarging their ideas, and by furnishing their minds. Happy if they had all continued to know their indissoluble union, and their proper place ! Happy if learning, not debauched by ambition, had been satisfied to continue the instructor, and not aspired to be the master ! Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be cast into the mire, and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Página 61 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body, as well as in the individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Página 35 - By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges, in the same manner in which we enjoy and transmit our property and our lives.
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| Título | Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, in a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris |
| Autor | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Apollo Press, 1814 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 24 Mayo 2007 |
| Largo | 246 páginas |
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