Thoughts on the Cause of the Present DiscontentsJ. Dodsley, 1784 - 118 sider |
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Side 22
... corruption , cried out violently against the indirect practices in the electing and managing of Parliaments , which had formerly prevailed . This marvellous abhorrence which the Court had fuddenly taken to all influence , was not only ...
... corruption , cried out violently against the indirect practices in the electing and managing of Parliaments , which had formerly prevailed . This marvellous abhorrence which the Court had fuddenly taken to all influence , was not only ...
Side 23
... Corruption was to be caft down from Court , as Ate was from Heaven . Power was thencefor- ward to be the chofen refidence of public fpirit ; and no one was to be fuppofed under any finifter influence , except thofe who had the mif ...
... Corruption was to be caft down from Court , as Ate was from Heaven . Power was thencefor- ward to be the chofen refidence of public fpirit ; and no one was to be fuppofed under any finifter influence , except thofe who had the mif ...
Side 43
... corrupt . Men are in public life as in private , some good , fome evil . The elevation of the one , and the depreffion of the other , are the first objects of all true policy . But that form of Government , which , neither in its direct ...
... corrupt . Men are in public life as in private , some good , fome evil . The elevation of the one , and the depreffion of the other , are the first objects of all true policy . But that form of Government , which , neither in its direct ...
Side 69
... corruption . For there is a material diftinction between that corruption by which particular points are carried against reason , ( this is a thing which cannot be prevented by human wisdom , and is of lefs con- fequence ) and the corruption ...
... corruption . For there is a material diftinction between that corruption by which particular points are carried against reason , ( this is a thing which cannot be prevented by human wisdom , and is of lefs con- fequence ) and the corruption ...
Side 73
... corruption and every error of Government ; these are the qualities which recommend a man to a feat in the House of Commons , in open and merely popular elec- tions . An indolent and fubmiffive difpofition ; a difpofition to think ...
... corruption and every error of Government ; these are the qualities which recommend a man to a feat in the House of Commons , in open and merely popular elec- tions . An indolent and fubmiffive difpofition ; a difpofition to think ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
abfolute Adminiſtration againſt becauſe bufinefs buſineſs Cabal cauſe Civil Lift confequence confidence confideration conftitution confufion connexion controul corruption courſe Court Crown debt defign deftroy diforder difpofition duty eſtabliſhed evil executory Faction fame favour fecurity feem ferve fervice fettled fhall fhew fince fingle firft firſt fituation fole fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fure fyftem Government greateſt himſelf honour Houfe Houſe of Commons impoffible increaſe influence inftrument intereft itſelf King King's men laſt leaft leaſt lefs Lord Lord Bute Lord Rochford Lord Shelburne means meaſures ment Minifters Miniſtry moft moſt muft muſt nation natural neceffary neceffity obfervation opinion oppofe oppofition Parliament party perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffibly politicks popular prefent principle puniſhment purpoſes racter reafon reprefentative ſcheme ſhould ſome ſpirit ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft uſed Whig whilft whole
Populære avsnitt
Side 110 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Side 110 - Therefore every honourable connexion will avow it is their first purpose, to pursue every just method to put the men who hold their opinions into such a condition as may enable them to carry their common plans into execution, with all the power and authority of the state.
Side 115 - To model our principles to our duties and our situation. To be 'fully persuaded that all virtue which is impracticable is spurious ; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in a course which leads us to act with effect and energy, than to loiter out our days without blame and without use.
Side 107 - Commonwealths are made of families, free commonwealths of parties also ; and we may as well affirm, that our natural regards and ties of blood tend inevitably to make men bad citizens, as that the bonds of our party weaken those by which we are held to our country.
Side 105 - Where men are not acquainted with each other's principles, nor experienced in each other's talents, nor at all practised in their mutual habitudes and dispositions by joint efforts in business ; no personal confidence, no friendship, no common interest, subsisting among them ; it is evidently impossible that they can act a public part with uniformity, perseverance, or efficacy.
Side 114 - Men thinking freely, will, in particular instances, think differently. But still as the greater part of the measures which arise in the course of public business are related to, or dependent on, some great leading general principles in government, a man must be peculiarly unfortunate in the choice of his political company if he does not agree with them at least nine times in ten.
Side 12 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence. An influence, which...
Side 115 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigour and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen. To cultivate friendships, and to incur enmities. To have both strong, but both selected : in the one, to be placable ; in the other, immovable.
Side 109 - Thy favourites grow not up by Fortune's sport, Or from the crimes or follies of a court : On the firm basis of desert they rise, From long-tried faith, and friendship's holy ties.
Side 106 - This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent ; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated.