The British Constitution Invulnerable: Animadversions on a Late Publication, Entitled The Jockey Club |
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abuſe accompliſh againſt almoſt anſwer baſe becauſe beſt caufe cauſe character Common Law compariſon confequences confidered confift conftitution deſcription diſcover Engliſh eſcaped evil exiſtence faid falfehoods fame faſhion fays fcandal fearch fedition feems fhall fhew firſt fituation flander follies fome fometimes fons ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficiently fyftem himſelf hiſtory infamous inftance intereft Jockey Club juſt juſtice King lawleſs laws lefs lence leſs libel liberty Lord Thurlow Louis XVI magiftrate ment miferable moft moral and political moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary neceffity nefs never nevertheleſs obſervation occafion opinion paffages perfon Pitt pleaſe poffible political virtue praiſe prefent preſcription Prince profeffion publiſh puniſhment purpoſe queſtion racter reafon reform repreſented reſpect Royal Jockeys ſays ſchemes ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch ſyſtem taſk thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas Paine thoſe thouſands tion truth univerfal uſe whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh writer
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Page 52 - A being, independent of any other, has no rule to pursue, but such as he prescribes to himself ; but a state of dependence will inevitably oblige the inferior to take the will of him on whom he depends as the rule of his conduct ; not, indeed, in every particular, but in all those points wherein his dependence consists.
Page 53 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this...
Page 89 - Good order is the foundation of all good things. To be enabled to acquire, the people, without being servile, must be tractable and obedient. The magistrate must have his reverence, the laws their authority. The body of the people must not find the principles of natural subordination by art rooted out of their minds. They must respect that property of which they cannot partake.
Page 27 - tis his ; and has been flave to tho-ufands; But he, that filches from me my good name, Robs me of That, which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 54 - But man was formed for society; and, as is demonstrated by the writers on this subject, is neither capable of living alone, nor indeed has the courage to do it. However, as it is impossible for the whole race of mankind to be united in one great society, they must necessarily divide into many; and form separate states, commonwealths, and nations; entirely independent of each other, and yet liable to a mutual intercourse. Hence arises a third kind of law to regulate this mutual intercourse, called...
Page 53 - This has given manifold occasion for the benign interposition of divine Providence, which, in compassion to the frailty, the imperfection, and the blindness of human reason, hath been pleased, at sundry times and in divers manners, to discover and enforce its laws by an immediate and direct revelation. The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.
Page 31 - Or aught thy goodnefs lent. Teach me to feel another's woe» To hide the fault I fee ; That mercy I to others mow, That mercy mow to me.. Mean tho...
Page 54 - If man were to live in a state of nature, unconnected with other individuals, there would be no occasion for any other laws than the law of nature, and the law of God.
Page 46 - Montefquieu r, where little regard is {hewn to the lives or fortunes of the fubjecT:, all caufes are quickly decided : the bafha, on a fummary hearing, orders which party he pleafes to be baftinadoed, and then fends them about their bufinefs. But in free ftates the trouble, expenfe, and delays of judicial proceedings are the price that...
Page 24 - Hearing one of his friends lament that he should not die in his own country, he said, " Be not uneasy ; from every place there is a passage to the regions below.