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 стор. |
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... estates to the like amount in the hands of this Earl , or that Squire ; although it may be true , that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the former , and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children of the people . It ...
... estates to the like amount in the hands of this Earl , or that Squire ; although it may be true , that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the former , and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children of the people . It ...
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... estates of the church and poor . Sacrilege and proscription are not among the ways and means in our committee of supply . The Jews in ' Change - alley have not yet dared to hint their hopes of a mortgage on the revenues belonging to the ...
... estates of the church and poor . Sacrilege and proscription are not among the ways and means in our committee of supply . The Jews in ' Change - alley have not yet dared to hint their hopes of a mortgage on the revenues belonging to the ...
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... more general and more strict than they are in England , the jus retractus , the great mass of landed property held by the crown , and by a maxim of the French law held unalienably , the vast estates of the 110 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
... more general and more strict than they are in England , the jus retractus , the great mass of landed property held by the crown , and by a maxim of the French law held unalienably , the vast estates of the 110 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
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... estates of the eccle- siastic corporations , all these had kept the landed and monied interests more separated in France , less miscible , and the owners of the two distinct species of property not so well disposed to each other as they ...
... estates of the eccle- siastic corporations , all these had kept the landed and monied interests more separated in France , less miscible , and the owners of the two distinct species of property not so well disposed to each other as they ...
Сторінка 115
... estates were bound to the last acre . Nothing can lead more to the true spirit of the assembly which sits for public confiscation , with its new equity and its new mo- rality , than an attention to their proceeding with regard to this ...
... estates were bound to the last acre . Nothing can lead more to the true spirit of the assembly which sits for public confiscation , with its new equity and its new mo- rality , than an attention to their proceeding with regard to this ...
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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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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.