The Spirit of Despotism ...Wilson & Blackwell, 1802 - 384 sivua |
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Sivu 19
... native and consti- tutional importance . I endeavor , in this book , to plead the cause of man ; firmly convinced that the cause of man is the cause of GOD . SECTION II . Oriental Manners , and the Ideas imbibed OF DESPOTISM . 19.
... native and consti- tutional importance . I endeavor , in this book , to plead the cause of man ; firmly convinced that the cause of man is the cause of GOD . SECTION II . Oriental Manners , and the Ideas imbibed OF DESPOTISM . 19.
Sivu 25
... importance . What is his eloquence ? What his learning ? What his beneficence to mankind ? Little ; perhaps none . But his estate is large , his house large , his park large , his manors many , his equipage , on a birth - day , the most ...
... importance . What is his eloquence ? What his learning ? What his beneficence to mankind ? Little ; perhaps none . But his estate is large , his house large , his park large , his manors many , his equipage , on a birth - day , the most ...
Sivu 38
... importance , to the possession of superfluous property ... But these , if they mean any thing , are na- turally the rewards of virtuous and useful exertion ; and such exertion is incompati- ble with the habitual indolence , the igno ...
... importance , to the possession of superfluous property ... But these , if they mean any thing , are na- turally the rewards of virtuous and useful exertion ; and such exertion is incompati- ble with the habitual indolence , the igno ...
Sivu 46
... importance in the system which himself has approved and contributed to establish ; and therefore resolves to regu- late his own behaviour consistently with its safety and preservation . He feels as a pro- prietor , not as a tenant . He ...
... importance in the system which himself has approved and contributed to establish ; and therefore resolves to regu- late his own behaviour consistently with its safety and preservation . He feels as a pro- prietor , not as a tenant . He ...
Sivu 47
... importance when weighed with the hap- py result ; the return of distorted systems to truth , to reason , and the will of God . Occasional ferments , with all their incon- veniences , are infinitely preferable to the putrescence of ...
... importance when weighed with the hap- py result ; the return of distorted systems to truth , to reason , and the will of God . Occasional ferments , with all their incon- veniences , are infinitely preferable to the putrescence of ...
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Sivu 340 - The Spirit of the Lord , is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Sivu 341 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Sivu 18 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Sivu 345 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Sivu 341 - And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.
Sivu 230 - It seems to me, that in order to maintain the moral system of the world at a certain point, far below that of ideal perfection, for we are made capable of conceiving what we are incapable of attaining; but, however, sufficient upon the whole to constitute a state easy and happy, or at the worst tolerable: I say, it seems to me...
Sivu 341 - ... the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Sivu 244 - They are masters of the commonwealth ; because in substance they are themselves the commonwealth. The French Revolution, say they, was the act of the majority of the people; and if the majority of any other people, the people of England, for instance, wish to make the same change, they have the same right. Just the same undoubtedly. That is, none at all.
Sivu 232 - If they retire from the world, their splendour accompanies them, and enlightens even the obscurity of their retreat. If they take a part in public life, the effect is never indifferent. They either appear like ministers of divine vengeance, and their course through the world is marked by desolation and oppression, by poverty and servitude: or they are the guardian angels of the country they inhabit, busy to avert even the most distant evil, and to maintain or to procure peace, plenty, and the greatest...
Sivu 229 - ... rich traders, who from their success are presumed to have sharp and vigorous understandings, and to possess the virtues of diligence, order, constancy, and regularity, and to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice : these are the circumstances of men that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation.