History of the Revolution in England in 1688, comprising a view of the Reign of James II.Baudry's European Library, 1884 - 403 Seiten |
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... never after equalled by him in vigour and fervour of thought , style , and dialectics . He sold the copyright for 301. Published in April , it reached a third edition in August ; and the publisher had the li- berality to give the author ...
... never after equalled by him in vigour and fervour of thought , style , and dialectics . He sold the copyright for 301. Published in April , it reached a third edition in August ; and the publisher had the li- berality to give the author ...
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... never so unmixed as not to present a double aspect to the acuteness and exagge- ration of contending parties . The same ardour of passion which produces patriotic and legislative heroism becomes the source of ferocious retaliation , of ...
... never so unmixed as not to present a double aspect to the acuteness and exagge- ration of contending parties . The same ardour of passion which produces patriotic and legislative heroism becomes the source of ferocious retaliation , of ...
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... never suppose them responsible , because their responsibility supposes the dissolution of society , which is the annihilation of law . In the governments which have hitherto existed , the power of the magistrate is the only article in ...
... never suppose them responsible , because their responsibility supposes the dissolution of society , which is the annihilation of law . In the governments which have hitherto existed , the power of the magistrate is the only article in ...
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... never before shown to any author by his answerer , - My labours shall , I trust , be uniform . Where the antagonist is warm , I shall also be warm ; where phlegmatic , I shall be phlegmatic ; where absurd , I shall exemplify that ab ...
... never before shown to any author by his answerer , - My labours shall , I trust , be uniform . Where the antagonist is warm , I shall also be warm ; where phlegmatic , I shall be phlegmatic ; where absurd , I shall exemplify that ab ...
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... never was a project in which the means and the end were so fatally at variance . It was a scheme of policy , to be carried into execution by men who , from the state- ment of Mr. Burke , and from the very necessity of their character ...
... never was a project in which the means and the end were so fatally at variance . It was a scheme of policy , to be carried into execution by men who , from the state- ment of Mr. Burke , and from the very necessity of their character ...
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Seite 99 - All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and mechanical politicians who have no place among us ; a sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material, and who, therefore, far from being qualified to be the directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Seite 44 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free constitution of our forefathers, It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Seite 23 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.
Seite 182 - Jotham, of piercing wit and pregnant thought,* Endued by nature, and by learning taught To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse awhile, then chose the better side; Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too— So much the weight of one brave man can do.
Seite 30 - The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-turned periods of Dr. Robertson, inflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread in his footsteps: the calm philosophy, the careless inimitable beauties of his friend and rival, often forced me to close the volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair.
Seite 75 - But he will most certainly command the unanimous reverence of future generations, by his pure sentiments towards the commonwealth, by his zeal- for the civil and religious rights of all men, by his liberal principles, favourable to mild government, to the unfettered exercise of the human faculties, and the progressive civilization of mankind; by his ardent love for a country of which the...
Seite 75 - ... and even a consummate judge could only have been struck with the exquisite justness of his ideas, and the transparent simplicity of his manners. But no sooner had he spoken for some time, than he was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him.
Seite 48 - In the court where we are now met, Cromwell twice sent a satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeller ; and in this court, almost in sight of the scaffold streaming with the blood of his sovereign, within hearing of the clash of his bayonets which drove out...
Seite 151 - s heart was smitten ; and I have heard him, long after, confess that there were moments when the remembrance overcame him even to weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted.
Seite 38 - Such governments attain most completely the end which is common to all government. A free constitution of government, and a good constitution of government, are, therefore, different expressions for the same idea.