The French Constitution: With Remarks on Some of Its Principal Articles : in which Their Importance in a Political, Moral and Religious Point of View is Illustrated : and the Necessity of a Reformation in Church and State in Great Britain, Enforced |
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... mention other writers , who have firft mifre- prefented , and then abused the French nation . It is hoped we have fenfe and honefly enough * See his Majefty's Speech on his acceffion to the throne . Mr. Burke's Second Letter . to read ...
... mention other writers , who have firft mifre- prefented , and then abused the French nation . It is hoped we have fenfe and honefly enough * See his Majefty's Speech on his acceffion to the throne . Mr. Burke's Second Letter . to read ...
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... feffion , the state of the expences of their department ; to give an account of the employment of the fums deftined for that pur- pofe , and to mention the abuses which may have crept into the different parts of the govern- ment have [ 48 ]
... feffion , the state of the expences of their department ; to give an account of the employment of the fums deftined for that pur- pofe , and to mention the abuses which may have crept into the different parts of the govern- ment have [ 48 ]
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... mention made of this pre- vious decree in the preamble of the definitive decree , SECTION III . Of the Royal Sanction . I. THE decrees of the legislative body are presented to the king , who may refufe his affent to them . II . In the ...
... mention made of this pre- vious decree in the preamble of the definitive decree , SECTION III . Of the Royal Sanction . I. THE decrees of the legislative body are presented to the king , who may refufe his affent to them . II . In the ...
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... mention those of other men equally refpectable , in the fame contemptuous and abufive manner , as he has in almost every part of his work , the famous de- claration we have been confidering . I now beg leave to demand with confidence ...
... mention those of other men equally refpectable , in the fame contemptuous and abufive manner , as he has in almost every part of his work , the famous de- claration we have been confidering . I now beg leave to demand with confidence ...
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... mention it . - You must know , said he , in a letter to a friend , that fort of men are taught rather to OBEY than UNDERSTAND , and to use that learning they have to JUSTIFY , not to EXAMINE what their fuperiors COMMAND * . Some of the ...
... mention it . - You must know , said he , in a letter to a friend , that fort of men are taught rather to OBEY than UNDERSTAND , and to use that learning they have to JUSTIFY , not to EXAMINE what their fuperiors COMMAND * . Some of the ...
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Page 104 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 221 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 389 - Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God, who yet saw not all things.
Page 114 - This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
Page 232 - ... diffusing influence ; or regarding it as a support- of regal in opposition to popular forms of government ; have served only to debase the institution, and to introduce into it numerous corruptions and abuses.
Page 108 - If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right.
Page 185 - I spoke to a boroughjobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for a secure seat in Parliament ; but he laughed at my offer, and said, That there was no such thing as a borough to be had now ; for that the rich East and West Indians had secured them all, at the rate...
Page 116 - Locke has well observed) where there is no law, there is no freedom. But then, on the other hand, that constitution or frame of government — that system of laws, is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty, which leaves the subject entire master of his own conduct, except in those points wherein the public good requires some direction or restraint.
Page 454 - How long shall they utter and speak hard things ? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves ? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
Page 115 - ... even laws themselves, whether made with or without our consent, if they regulate and constrain our conduct in matters of mere indifference...