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, Volum 2J.W. Meyers, and sold by W. West, 1798 - 499 sider |
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Side 193
... use of which the very being of the ftate depends . The popular election of magiftrates , and popular difpofition of rewards and honours , is one of the first advantages of a free ftate . Without it , or fomething equivalent to it ...
... use of which the very being of the ftate depends . The popular election of magiftrates , and popular difpofition of rewards and honours , is one of the first advantages of a free ftate . Without it , or fomething equivalent to it ...
Side 196
... use as a means of power or confideration , the qualities which ufually procure that opinion will be no longer cultivated . And whether it will be right , in a state fo popular in its conftitution as ours , to leave ambi- tion without ...
... use as a means of power or confideration , the qualities which ufually procure that opinion will be no longer cultivated . And whether it will be right , in a state fo popular in its conftitution as ours , to leave ambi- tion without ...
Side 230
... use of every fort of cutting , and of every fort of fretting tool , he flatters himself that he may chip and rafp an empirical alimentary powder , to diet into fome fimilitude of health and fubftance the languifhing chimeras of ...
... use of every fort of cutting , and of every fort of fretting tool , he flatters himself that he may chip and rafp an empirical alimentary powder , to diet into fome fimilitude of health and fubftance the languifhing chimeras of ...
Side 233
... use or forbear the fword of domeftic or of foreign juftice . But it is a false maxim , that opinions ought to be indifferent to us , either as men or as a ftate . Opinion is the rudder of human action ; and as the opinion is wise or ...
... use or forbear the fword of domeftic or of foreign juftice . But it is a false maxim , that opinions ought to be indifferent to us , either as men or as a ftate . Opinion is the rudder of human action ; and as the opinion is wise or ...
Side 234
... things , if I may use the expreffion , in their strongest light , by the force of a judicious ob- fcurity , than Milton . His defcription of death in the fecond book is admirably studied ; it is astonish- ( 234 ) OBSCURITY. ...
... things , if I may use the expreffion , in their strongest light , by the force of a judicious ob- fcurity , than Milton . His defcription of death in the fecond book is admirably studied ; it is astonish- ( 234 ) OBSCURITY. ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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
Populære avsnitt
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.