Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris. By the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeJ. Dodsley, 1791 - 364 pages |
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... . You fee , Sir , by the long letter I have trans- mitted to you , that , though I do moft heartily wish that France may be animated by a spirit of B rational rational liberty , and that I think you bound , DEAR SIR, ...
... . You fee , Sir , by the long letter I have trans- mitted to you , that , though I do moft heartily wish that France may be animated by a spirit of B rational rational liberty , and that I think you bound , DEAR SIR, ...
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... wish to communicate more largely , what was at firft intended only for your pri- vate fatisfaction . I shall still keep your af- fairs in my eye , and continue to addrefs myfelf to you . Indulging myself in the freedom of epiftolary ...
... wish to communicate more largely , what was at firft intended only for your pri- vate fatisfaction . I shall still keep your af- fairs in my eye , and continue to addrefs myfelf to you . Indulging myself in the freedom of epiftolary ...
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... wish to separate the fermon from the refo- lution , they know how to acknowledge the one , and to disavow the other . They may do it : I cannot . For my part , I looked on that fermon as the public declaration of a man much con- nected ...
... wish to separate the fermon from the refo- lution , they know how to acknowledge the one , and to disavow the other . They may do it : I cannot . For my part , I looked on that fermon as the public declaration of a man much con- nected ...
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... wishes ) owes his crown to the choice of his people , yet nothing can evade their full explicit declaration , concerning the principle of a right in the people to choose , which right is directly maintained , and tena- ciously adhered ...
... wishes ) owes his crown to the choice of his people , yet nothing can evade their full explicit declaration , concerning the principle of a right in the people to choose , which right is directly maintained , and tena- ciously adhered ...
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... wishes as it is unfupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabri- cation of a new government , is enough to fill us with disguft and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wifh , to derive ...
... wishes as it is unfupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabri- cation of a new government , is enough to fill us with disguft and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wifh , to derive ...
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abuſe affignats againſt almoſt antient authority becauſe beſt caufe cauſe chooſe church civil clergy compofed confequence confider confiderable confifcation conftitution courſe crown defcription deftruction deſtroy difpofition diftinctions eftates eſtabliſhment evil exerciſe exift exiſtence expence faid fame favour fecurity feems felves ferve fettled fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fovereign fpeculations fpirit France ftate fubject fucceffion fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure furniſhed fyftem himſelf houſe inftitutions inftruments intereft itſelf juftice king laft leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment mind minifters moft monarchy moſt muft muſt national affembly nature neceffary neceffity obferved Old Jewry paffed Paris perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffible political prefent preferve principles purpoſes reaſon refpect religion reprefentative repreſentation revenue revolution ſcheme ſeems ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe virtue whilft whofe whole wiſdom worfe
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Page 45 - 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.
Page 13 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Page 113 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined ; I mean the spirit of a gentleman, and the spirit of religion.
Page 46 - The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down to us, and from us in the same course and order. 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...
Page 46 - 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 ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 109 - 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 under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Page 245 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 8 - Abstractedly speaking, government, as well as liberty, is good; yet could I, in common sense, ten years ago, have felicitated France on her enjoyment of a government (for she then had a government) without inquiry what the nature of that government was, or how it was administered?
Page 109 - This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry; and the principle, though varied in its appearance by the varying state of human affairs, subsisted and influenced through a long succession of generations, even to the time we live in.
Page 85 - Men have a right to live by that rule ; they have a right to do justice, as between their fellows, whether their fellows are in politic function or in ordinary occupation. They have a right to the fruits of their industry, and to the means of making their industry fruitful.