Thoughts on the Cause of the Present DiscontentsJ. Dodsley, 1784 - 118 páginas |
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... tion , though it has ever the fame general views , has not at all times the fame means , nor the fame particular objects . A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion . Befides ...
... tion , though it has ever the fame general views , has not at all times the fame means , nor the fame particular objects . A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion . Befides ...
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... tion to our present Sovereign , know not how to form a prayer to Heaven for a greater bleffing upon his virtues , or an higher state of fe- licity and glory , than that he should live , and should reign , and , when Providence ordains ...
... tion to our present Sovereign , know not how to form a prayer to Heaven for a greater bleffing upon his virtues , or an higher state of fe- licity and glory , than that he should live , and should reign , and , when Providence ordains ...
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... tion of its liberty , difturbing the fources of its domeftic tranquillity , weakening its govern- ment over its dependencies , degrading it from all its importance in the fyftem of Europe . It is this unnatural infufion of a system of ...
... tion of its liberty , difturbing the fources of its domeftic tranquillity , weakening its govern- ment over its dependencies , degrading it from all its importance in the fyftem of Europe . It is this unnatural infufion of a system of ...
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... tion of Miniftry , abused by bad or weak men , has given rife to a fyftem , which , without di- rectly violating the letter of any law , operates against the spirit of the whole conftitution . A plan of Favouritifm for our executory ...
... tion of Miniftry , abused by bad or weak men , has given rife to a fyftem , which , without di- rectly violating the letter of any law , operates against the spirit of the whole conftitution . A plan of Favouritifm for our executory ...
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... tion , or the conftitution gets the better of this system . There is , in my opinion , a peculiar venom and malignity in this political distemper beyond any that I have heard or read of . In former times the projectors of arbitrary ...
... tion , or the conftitution gets the better of this system . There is , in my opinion , a peculiar venom and malignity in this political distemper beyond any that I have heard or read of . In former times the projectors of arbitrary ...
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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
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.