Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1 |
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Sivu 13
... all these blessings forgottenall the principles which led to them abandoned —
all gratitude for them extinguished ; who has witnessed the spread of
revolutionary ambition among so many millions of our people , and sighed over
the march of ...
... all these blessings forgottenall the principles which led to them abandoned —
all gratitude for them extinguished ; who has witnessed the spread of
revolutionary ambition among so many millions of our people , and sighed over
the march of ...
Sivu 23
... the great majority of the borough members would be returned in the Radical
interest ; and thus the great barrier , erected by the constitution against the
inroads of democracy , would be converted into the rampart of the revolutionary
party .
... the great majority of the borough members would be returned in the Radical
interest ; and thus the great barrier , erected by the constitution against the
inroads of democracy , would be converted into the rampart of the revolutionary
party .
Sivu 24
Stimulated by the revolutionary press , urged by suffering and insane constituents
, the tribunes of the people , sent forward by the boroughs , would successively
abolish the corn laws , the church , the funds , and every interest which promised
...
Stimulated by the revolutionary press , urged by suffering and insane constituents
, the tribunes of the people , sent forward by the boroughs , would successively
abolish the corn laws , the church , the funds , and every interest which promised
...
Sivu 33
This is precisely the class which , in every age and quarter of the world , bave
been found to be most democratical ; and certainly their temper at present , and
the tone of the revolutionary press , which they daily peruse , give no reason to ...
This is precisely the class which , in every age and quarter of the world , bave
been found to be most democratical ; and certainly their temper at present , and
the tone of the revolutionary press , which they daily peruse , give no reason to ...
Sivu 37
... revolutionary press and the popular outcry , will give it a decisive
preponderance ? The disfranchisement of ten members in such circumstances ,
by making a difference of twenty votes , is sufficient to give the democratic party
the ascendant ...
... revolutionary press and the popular outcry , will give it a decisive
preponderance ? The disfranchisement of ten members in such circumstances ,
by making a difference of twenty votes , is sufficient to give the democratic party
the ascendant ...
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Sivu 391 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Sivu 467 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Sivu 237 - ... 2. That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his majesty's subjects.
Sivu 467 - 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. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone...
Sivu 467 - ... 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. 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, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and...
Sivu 538 - Lochiel, False wizard, avaunt! I have marshalled my clan: Their swords are a thousand; their bosoms are one. They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Sivu 94 - Divinity, now discover in that personage only a newly-created despot without any of the accessories or advantages which give, even to despotism, some hold on public opinion. A reaction has accordingly taken place: and men are in consequence prepared to listen to things against which, previously, they, adderwise, closed their ears, and remained deaf to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
Sivu 338 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Sivu 143 - Asia, by the desolating hand of power. The tyranny which, on every favourable moment, was breaking through all barriers, would have rioted without control, if, when the people were poor and disunited, the nobility had not been brave and free. So far as the sphere of feudality extended, it diffused the spirit of liberty and the notions of private right.
Sivu 95 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.