Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 pages |
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... democratic ambition was restrained by the weight of ancient possession , and the rigour of aristocratic rule tempered by the influence of popular representation ; that it combined the stability of aristocratic with the occasional vigour ...
... democratic ambition was restrained by the weight of ancient possession , and the rigour of aristocratic rule tempered by the influence of popular representation ; that it combined the stability of aristocratic with the occasional vigour ...
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... democratic candidates , instead of those who heretofore commanded their suffrages ; then it is plain that the system of representation stands in need of no amendment , at least on the popular side , and that under the subsisting inlets ...
... democratic candidates , instead of those who heretofore commanded their suffrages ; then it is plain that the system of representation stands in need of no amendment , at least on the popular side , and that under the subsisting inlets ...
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... democracy ; the greatest length which the framers of the new constitution deemed it safe to go , was to concede the ... democratic than that of France . There are , in England and Wales , fifty - two counties , returning one hundred and ...
... democracy ; the greatest length which the framers of the new constitution deemed it safe to go , was to concede the ... democratic than that of France . There are , in England and Wales , fifty - two counties , returning one hundred and ...
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... democratic , and , at the same time , the most venal class in existence . Persons of this class , whose incomes vary from £ 50 to £ 60 a - year , are of all others those who , in periods of tranquillity , are most acces- sible to ...
... democratic , and , at the same time , the most venal class in existence . Persons of this class , whose incomes vary from £ 50 to £ 60 a - year , are of all others those who , in periods of tranquillity , are most acces- sible to ...
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... democratic ambition . This would be the state of matters during ordinary and pacific times ; but what would be its operation in periods of excitement ? during those periods of periodic recurrence , when the lower orders , pressed by ...
... democratic ambition . This would be the state of matters during ordinary and pacific times ; but what would be its operation in periods of excitement ? during those periods of periodic recurrence , when the lower orders , pressed by ...
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Page 473 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 473 - ... 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...
Page 338 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 228 - We have thought fit, by, and with, the Advice of our Privy Council, to...
Page 99 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.
Page 307 - Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.
Page 21 - Those leaders themselves, though they originally may have meant nothing but their own aggrandisement, become many of them in time the dupes of their own sophistry, and are as eager for this great reformation as the weakest and foolishest of their followers. Even though the leaders should have preserved their own heads, as indeed they commonly do, free from this fanaticism, yet they...
Page 481 - You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness, — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.