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, 1790 - 364 páginas |
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... character , to affume what does not belong to them , are , for the greater part , ignorant both of the character they leave , and of the character they affume . Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are fo fond of meddling ...
... character , to affume what does not belong to them , are , for the greater part , ignorant both of the character they leave , and of the character they affume . Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are fo fond of meddling ...
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... character . It is not for the propagation of his own opinions , but of any opi- nions . It is not for the diffufion of truth , but for the fpreading of contradiction . Let the noble teachers but diffent , it is no matter from whom or ...
... character . It is not for the propagation of his own opinions , but of any opi- nions . It is not for the diffufion of truth , but for the fpreading of contradiction . Let the noble teachers but diffent , it is no matter from whom or ...
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... character , and muft finally determine its direction . In all bodies , those who will lead , must also , in a confiderable degree , follow . They must conform their propofitions to the tafte , talent , and difpofition of those whom they ...
... character , and muft finally determine its direction . In all bodies , those who will lead , must also , in a confiderable degree , follow . They must conform their propofitions to the tafte , talent , and difpofition of those whom they ...
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... character at ftake ; who could not be expected to bear with moderation , or to conduct with difcretion , a power which they themselves , more than any others , muft be furprized to find in their hands . Who could flatter himself that ...
... character at ftake ; who could not be expected to bear with moderation , or to conduct with difcretion , a power which they themselves , more than any others , muft be furprized to find in their hands . Who could flatter himself that ...
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... character of men exactly in the fame fituation in which we fee it in this country . With us it is militant ; with you it is triumphant ; and you know how it can act when its power is commenfurate to its will . I would not be fuppofed to ...
... character of men exactly in the fame fituation in which we fee it in this country . With us it is militant ; with you it is triumphant ; and you know how it can act when its power is commenfurate to its will . I would not be fuppofed to ...
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Página 117 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have in this European world of ours depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined: I mean the spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion.
Página 48 - ... 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, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Página 13 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Página 47 - Magna Charta to the Declaration of 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 ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
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 353 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Página 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Página 246 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 127 - ... dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour.
Página 113 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.