The Spirit of Despotism ...Wilson & Blackwell, 1802 - 384 sivua |
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... independence . Various are the causes which contribute to the factitious depravity of man . De- fective and erroneous education corrupts him ; the prevalent examples of a degene- rate community corrupt him ; but bad go- vernment ...
... independence . Various are the causes which contribute to the factitious depravity of man . De- fective and erroneous education corrupts him ; the prevalent examples of a degene- rate community corrupt him ; but bad go- vernment ...
Sivu 19
... independence of spirit ; but these I certainly have , and pro- fess to maintain . I wish the rising gene , ration may be awakened , and learn to place a due value on the liberty handed down to them by their ancestors . I would inspire ...
... independence of spirit ; but these I certainly have , and pro- fess to maintain . I wish the rising gene , ration may be awakened , and learn to place a due value on the liberty handed down to them by their ancestors . I would inspire ...
Sivu 23
... the spirit of despotism . That oriental manners are unfavorable to liberty , is , I believe , universally con- ceded . The natives of the East Indies entertain not the idea of independence .... They treat the OF DESPOTISM . 23.
... the spirit of despotism . That oriental manners are unfavorable to liberty , is , I believe , universally con- ceded . The natives of the East Indies entertain not the idea of independence .... They treat the OF DESPOTISM . 23.
Sivu 24
Vicesimus Knox. entertain not the idea of independence .... They treat the Europeans , who go among them to acquire their riches , with a respect similar to the abject submission which they pay to their native despots . Young men , who ...
Vicesimus Knox. entertain not the idea of independence .... They treat the Europeans , who go among them to acquire their riches , with a respect similar to the abject submission which they pay to their native despots . Young men , who ...
Sivu 26
... independence of the middle and low- er ranks , too numerous to be bribed either by gifts or expectations ? Both , it is to be feared , will be too slow in their opposition to the gigantic monster , if not too feeble . They will not ...
... independence of the middle and low- er ranks , too numerous to be bribed either by gifts or expectations ? Both , it is to be feared , will be too slow in their opposition to the gigantic monster , if not too feeble . They will not ...
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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.