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 ParisApollo Press, 1814 - 246 páginas |
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... wealth of the country is as usefully employed as it can be , in fomenting the luxury of individuals . It is the public ornament . It is the public consolation . It nourishes the public hope . The poorest man finds his own importance and ...
... wealth of the country is as usefully employed as it can be , in fomenting the luxury of individuals . It is the public ornament . It is the public consolation . It nourishes the public hope . The poorest man finds his own importance and ...
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... wealthy and powerful of long standing , and how much less with the newly fortunate , if they appear in a manner no way assorted to those with whom they must associate , and over whom they must even exercise , in some cases , some- thing ...
... wealthy and powerful of long standing , and how much less with the newly fortunate , if they appear in a manner no way assorted to those with whom they must associate , and over whom they must even exercise , in some cases , some- thing ...
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... wealth and titles , or any other species of proud pretension , to look down with scorn upon what they look up to with reverence ; nor presume to trample on that acquired personal nobility , which they intend always to be , and which ...
... wealth and titles , or any other species of proud pretension , to look down with scorn upon what they look up to with reverence ; nor presume to trample on that acquired personal nobility , which they intend always to be , and which ...
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... wealth which saved the family from ruin , was supposed to contaminate and de- grade it . Thus the enmities and heart - burnings of these parties were increased even by the usual means by which discord is made to cease , and quarrels are ...
... wealth which saved the family from ruin , was supposed to contaminate and de- grade it . Thus the enmities and heart - burnings of these parties were increased even by the usual means by which discord is made to cease , and quarrels are ...
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... wealth which will be resorted to by all who wish for change . Along with the monied interest , a new description of men had grown up , with whom that interest soon formed a close and marked union ; I mean the political men of letters ...
... wealth which will be resorted to by all who wish for change . Along with the monied interest , a new description of men had grown up , with whom that interest soon formed a close and marked union ; I mean the political men of letters ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abuse amongst ancient Archbishop of Paris army assignats Atheists authority body called canton Cardinal of Lorraine cause choice church citizens civil clergy commendatory abbots common commonwealth composed confiscation constitution contempt crimes crown degree despotism destroyed election England equal establishment estates evil existence expence favour France gentlemen habits hereditary honour house of commons house of lords human interest justice king King of France kingdom landed legislators liberty ligion mankind means ment metaphysics military mind minister monarchy moral municipalities National Assembly nature Necker never nobility obedience object Old Jewry opinion Paris persons political possessed present preserve principles proceedings racter reason reform religion render republic revenue revolution ruin scheme sembly shew society sort sovereign speculations spirit thing third estate tion true tyranny vices virtue wealth whilst whole wholly wisdom
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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.