The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from the Writings, &c. of that Extraordinary Man, Alphabetically Arranged ... : to which is Prefixed a Sketch of the Life, with Some Original Anecdotes of Mr. Burke : in Two Volumes, Volume 2J.W. Meyers, and sold by W. West, 1798 - 499 páginas |
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Página 178
... of the reft of our inftitutions . For very obvious reafons you cannot truft the Crown with a difpenfing power over any of your laws - Speech previous to the Election at Briftol . LAWGIVER . Character of a true Lawgiver . But it ( 178 )
... of the reft of our inftitutions . For very obvious reafons you cannot truft the Crown with a difpenfing power over any of your laws - Speech previous to the Election at Briftol . LAWGIVER . Character of a true Lawgiver . But it ( 178 )
Página 179
... true Lawgiver . But it feems as if it were the prevalent opinion in Paris , that an unfeeling heart , and an undoubting confidence , are the fole qualifications for a perfect legiflator . Far different are my ideas of that high office ...
... true Lawgiver . But it feems as if it were the prevalent opinion in Paris , that an unfeeling heart , and an undoubting confidence , are the fole qualifications for a perfect legiflator . Far different are my ideas of that high office ...
Página 182
... true , that the love , and even the very idea , of genuine liberty , is extremely rare . It is but too true , that there are many , whofe whole fcheme of freedom is made up of pride , perverfenefs , and info- lence . They feel ...
... true , that the love , and even the very idea , of genuine liberty , is extremely rare . It is but too true , that there are many , whofe whole fcheme of freedom is made up of pride , perverfenefs , and info- lence . They feel ...
Página 188
... ( TRUE ) CAN it be true loyalty to any government , or true patriotism towards any country , to degrade their folemn councils into fervile drawing - rooms , to flatter their pride and paffions , rather than to enlighten their reafon , and ...
... ( TRUE ) CAN it be true loyalty to any government , or true patriotism towards any country , to degrade their folemn councils into fervile drawing - rooms , to flatter their pride and paffions , rather than to enlighten their reafon , and ...
Página 193
... true policy . But that form of government , which , neither in its direct inftitu- tions , nor in their immediate tendency , has contrived to throw its affairs into the most truit worthy hands , but has left its whole executory fyftem ...
... true policy . But that form of government , which , neither in its direct inftitu- tions , nor in their immediate tendency , has contrived to throw its affairs into the most truit worthy hands , but has left its whole executory fyftem ...
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Affairs of France Affembly againſt almoſt beauty becauſe bufinefs cafes caufe cauſe confequence confider confideration conftitution courfe court defcription defign defire deftroy difpofition effect eſtabliſhment exifts faction fafe faid fame fcheme fecurity feems fenfe fentiments ferve fervice fhall fhould firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fpirit France in 1791 French ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fure fyftem greateſt himſelf honour Houfe houſe inftitutions inftruments intereft itſelf Jacobin juft juftice king leaft lefs liberty Lord Lord Keppel means meaſure ment mind minifter moft moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary never obfervation object occafion opinion oppofition paffions parliament peace perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffible pofitive political prefent prince principles purpoſe racter reafon Reform refources refpect reft Regicide religion reprefent revenue Revolution in France ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft virtue Whigs whilft whofe whole worfe
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Página 421 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race.
Página 339 - The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity ; and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs. When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at and boasted of in any new political constitutions, I am at no loss to decide that the artificers are grossly ignorant of their trade, or totally negligent of their duty.
Página 179 - Political arrangement, as it is a work for social ends, is to be only wrought by social means. There mind must conspire with mind. Time is required to produce that union of minds which alone can produce all the good we aim at. Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Página 421 - All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and mechanical politicians who have no place among us, a sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material, and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Página 234 - ... how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect minds which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings.
Página 467 - ... compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
Página 454 - I am sure I am not disposed to blame him. Let those, who have betrayed him by their adulation, insult him with their malevolence.
Página 430 - The march of the human mind is slow. Sir, it was not until after two hundred years discovered that, by an eternal law, Providence had decreed vexation to violence, and poverty to rapine. Your ancestors did however at length open their eyes to the ill husbandry of injustice.
Página 226 - To be honoured and even privileged by the laws, opinions, and inveterate usages of our country, growing out of the prejudice of ages, has nothing to provoke horror and indignation in any man. Even to be too tenacious of those privileges is not absolutely a crime. The strong struggle in every individual to preserve possession of what he has found to belong to him, and to distinguish him is one of the securities against injustice and despotism implanted in our nature.
Página 288 - The crown has considered me after long service : the crown has paid the Duke of Bedford by advance. He has had a long credit for any service which he may perform hereafter. He is secure, and long may he be secure, in his advance, whether he performs any services or not.