Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Band 1Whittingham and Arliss, 1815 |
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... opinion that the race of men , and the commonwealths they create , like the bodies of indi- viduals , grow effete and languid and bloodless , and ossify by the necessities of their own conformation , and the fatal operation of longevity ...
... opinion that the race of men , and the commonwealths they create , like the bodies of indi- viduals , grow effete and languid and bloodless , and ossify by the necessities of their own conformation , and the fatal operation of longevity ...
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... opinion , does the moral world produce any thing more determinate on that subject , than what may serve as an amusement ( liberal indeed , and ingenious , but still only an amuse- ment ) for speculative men . I doubt whether the his ...
... opinion , does the moral world produce any thing more determinate on that subject , than what may serve as an amusement ( liberal indeed , and ingenious , but still only an amuse- ment ) for speculative men . I doubt whether the his ...
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... opinion ; to stand upon such ele- vated ground as to be enabled to take a large view of the wide - spread and infinitely diversified combi- nations of men and affairs in a large society ; to have leisure to read , to reflect , to ...
... opinion ; to stand upon such ele- vated ground as to be enabled to take a large view of the wide - spread and infinitely diversified combi- nations of men and affairs in a large society ; to have leisure to read , to reflect , to ...
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... opinion , must be sensible that , whether covered or not by positive law , in some way or other they are accountable even here for the abuse of their trust . If they are not cut off by a rebellion of their people , they may be strangled ...
... opinion , must be sensible that , whether covered or not by positive law , in some way or other they are accountable even here for the abuse of their trust . If they are not cut off by a rebellion of their people , they may be strangled ...
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... opinion being in the inverse ratio to the num- ber of those who abuse power . Their own approba- tion of their own acts has to them the appearance of a public judgment in their favour . A perfect de- mocracy is therefore the most ...
... opinion being in the inverse ratio to the num- ber of those who abuse power . Their own approba- tion of their own acts has to them the appearance of a public judgment in their favour . A perfect de- mocracy is therefore the most ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affairs ambition amongst ancient arbitrary assertors atheism authority British constitution cause character church citizens civil commonwealth concerning consider controul corrupt court crown danger destroy dignity duty EDMUND BURKE effect empire England equal establishment estates Europe evil exercise exist favour fear force France fraud freedom habits honour house of commons human idea ill blood individuals institutions interest jacobinism judge kind king labour legislators liberty ligion mankind manner maxims means member of parliament ment metaphysical mind mode monarchy moral nation nature necessity never object obliged opinion oppression parliament parties passions persons political politics of Europe possession powerful instincts preserve principles prudence racter reason religion render revenue ruin sense sentiments society sort sovereign spirit star chamber stitution sure tence test acts things tion true trust virtue whilst whole wholly wisdom wise
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 173 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Seite 174 - All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion.
Seite 140 - But, his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.
Seite 136 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Besides, the people of England well know, that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation, and a sure principle of transmission ; without at all excluding a principle of improvement.
Seite 120 - It is, besides, a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow up practically any speculative principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of our constitution ; or even the whole of it together. I could easily, if I had not altogether tired you, give you very striking and convincing instances of it.
Seite 53 - Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource : for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing, no further hope of reconciliation is left.
Seite 135 - You will observe, that from magna charta to the declaration of right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Seite 136 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts...
Seite 178 - Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws depend. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our lives. According to their quality, they aid morals, they supply them, or they totally destroy them.
Seite 100 - The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.