 | 1804 - 450 sivua
...governments." This is exaftly the fentiment of Pope, exprefTed in thefe two lines of his EfTiy on Man. " For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best." We have feen in this country the fairefl form of government a'mvjft deftroyed by an ambitious and perfecuting... | |
 | Thomas Green - 1810 - 262 sivua
...individuals equally absolute. Pope probably borrowed, from a part of this Essay, his thought — " For forms of government let fools contest ;" " Whate'er is best administered, is best". — Essay on Man, Epistle 3, v. 303. A position, however, not defensible, since the form may influence... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 sivua
...sublime ideas of thai; universal harmony, operating incessantly to universal good, had raised up in him. For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered is best. • For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 424 sivua
...whole mystery, both of religion and govern? ment, will be found in these admirable lines of Mr. Pope : For forms of government let fools contest, Whate'er is best administered, is best. For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight: His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right. THE... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 sivua
...ideas of that universal harmony, operating incessantly to universal good, had raised up in him. Vm forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered is best, For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right. All... | |
 | Robert Fraser - 1818 - 324 sivua
...the administration ; and this is one of the great inconveniences attending that form of government, * For forms of Government let fools contest, Whate'er is best administered is b«st.— — Essay on Man, B. 3. " But a republican and free government would be an obvious absurdity,... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 358 sivua
...HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT, On his most gracious Speech, delivered at the opening of , Parliament. • " For forms of Government let fools contest : Whate'er is best administered, is best." POPE. SIR, ..'.;. •v\ ,''. \: IN addressing myself to you, I am actuated but by ono motive — a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 sivua
...blest ; 300 Draw to one point, and to one centre bring Beast, man, or angel, servant, lord or king. For forms of government, let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best : For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight ; 305 His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right.... | |
 | abbé Guillaume Honoré Rocques de Montgaillard - 1827 - 522 sivua
...parasite et' papiste prononcé, c'est-à-dire dépendant par corruption , par mollesse et par système : For forms of government let fools contest , Whate'er is best administered, is best. « C'est folie ,de discuter les formes de gouverne» ment ; le meilleur consiste dans la meilleure... | |
 | Hermann (pseud.) - 1831 - 118 sivua
...heads, and resume the subject of my last communication, and, in the language of the poet, I would say, " For forms of Government let fools contest, " Whate'er is best administered is best." As to what relates to the immediate administration of the Government of the United States, by our worthy... | |
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