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 Paris |
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Page 91
... worse of them . If you were to contemplate society in but one point of view , all these simple modes of polity are infinitely captivating . In effect each would answer its single end much more perfectly than the more complex is able to ...
... worse of them . If you were to contemplate society in but one point of view , all these simple modes of polity are infinitely captivating . In effect each would answer its single end much more perfectly than the more complex is able to ...
Page 107
... worse announced by the voice of angels to the quiet innocence of shepherds . At first I was at a loss to account for this fit of unguarded transport . I knew , indeed , that the sufferings of monarchs make a delicious re- past to some ...
... worse announced by the voice of angels to the quiet innocence of shepherds . At first I was at a loss to account for this fit of unguarded transport . I knew , indeed , that the sufferings of monarchs make a delicious re- past to some ...
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... worse means for its sup- port . The usurpation which , in order to subvert antient institutions , has destroyed antient princi- ples , will hold power by arts similar to those by which it has acquired it . When the old feudal and ...
... worse means for its sup- port . The usurpation which , in order to subvert antient institutions , has destroyed antient princi- ples , will hold power by arts similar to those by which it has acquired it . When the old feudal and ...
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... worse choice for such an office in a new commonwealth , than that of a deposed tyrant , could not possibly be made . But to degrade and insult a man as the worst of criminals , and afterwards to trust him in your highest concerns , as a ...
... worse choice for such an office in a new commonwealth , than that of a deposed tyrant , could not possibly be made . But to degrade and insult a man as the worst of criminals , and afterwards to trust him in your highest concerns , as a ...
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... worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice , we have consecrated the state , that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by ...
... worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice , we have consecrated the state , that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by ...
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affignats againſt almoſt antient authority becauſe canton caufe cauſe church civil clergy compofed confequence confider confiderable confifcation conftitution courfe courſe crown defcription deftroyed deftruction ecclefiaftical eftates election England eſtabliſhment exerciſe exift exiſtence expence faid fame favour fecurity feems felves fenfe ferve fettled fhall fhare fhew fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething foon fovereign fpirit France ftate ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure fyftem himſelf honour houſe inftitutions inftruments intereft itſelf juftice king leaſt lefs legiflators liberty meaſure ment mind minifters moft monarchy moſt muft muſt national affembly nature neceffary neceffity obferve Old Jewry Paris perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffible political prefent preferve principles puniſhment purpoſes reafon refpect religion reprefentation reprefentative revenue Revolution ſcheme ſhall ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft underſtanding uſe virtue whilft whofe whole wifdom worfe worſe