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... and emphatically a Whig of the Revolution , and that , since the agitation of Religious Liberty and Parliamentary Reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less.
... and emphatically a Whig of the Revolution , and that , since the agitation of Religious Liberty and Parliamentary Reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less.
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Sir James Mackintosh. has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly estimated . The writer of the Continuation believed himself unbiassed by any predilection for either Whigs or Tories , and not only borne out but ...
Sir James Mackintosh. has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly estimated . The writer of the Continuation believed himself unbiassed by any predilection for either Whigs or Tories , and not only borne out but ...
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... less passion , and equal vi- gour , in the Vindicia Gallicæ . " The fate of the church , the second great corporation that sustained the French despotism , has peculiarly provoked the indignation of Mr. Burke . The dissolution of the ...
... less passion , and equal vi- gour , in the Vindicia Gallicæ . " The fate of the church , the second great corporation that sustained the French despotism , has peculiarly provoked the indignation of Mr. Burke . The dissolution of the ...
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... less violence to public sentiment attach to the new sovereign . Had a Jacobite been permitted freedom of speech in the parliament of William III . , he might thus have arraigned the Act of Settlement : Is the language of your statutes ...
... less violence to public sentiment attach to the new sovereign . Had a Jacobite been permitted freedom of speech in the parliament of William III . , he might thus have arraigned the Act of Settlement : Is the language of your statutes ...
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... less intolerable than that of Mr. Miles , and the fol- lowing retort is not without ingenuity . If you seriously propose any end from these extraordinary means , it must be to persuade the world that Mr. Burke meant , in the Duke of ...
... less intolerable than that of Mr. Miles , and the fol- lowing retort is not without ingenuity . If you seriously propose any end from these extraordinary means , it must be to persuade the world that Mr. Burke meant , in the Duke of ...
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Page 149 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 297 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 44 - ... inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen ; and I trust I may venture to say that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins of the British empire.
Page 149 - Lord Bathurst told me that the members of the Scriblerus Club being met at his house at dinner, they agreed to rally Berkeley, who was also his guest, on his scheme at Bermudas. Berkeley, having listened to the many lively things they had to say, begged to be heard in his turn, and displayed his plan with such an astonishing and animating force of eloquence and enthusiasm that they were struck dumb, and, after some pause, rose up all together with earnestness, exclaiming, ' Let us set out with him...
Page 44 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants.
Page 299 - ... making no doubt of the concurrence of our two Houses of Parliament when we shall think it convenient for them to meet.
Page 150 - Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few. Certainly, where it is the chief passion, it doth not give way to vulgar cares and views ; nor is it contented with a little ardour in the early time of life ; active, perhaps, to pursue, but not so fit to weigh and revise. He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the later growth as well as first fruits, at the altar of Truth.
Page 182 - Jotham, of piercing wit and pregnant thought,* Endued by nature, and by learning taught To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse awhile, then chose the better side; Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too— So much the weight of one brave man can do.
Page 128 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights, and live laborious days.
Page 151 - s heart was smitten ; and I have heard him, long after, confess that there were moments when the remembrance overcame him even to weakness ; when, amidst all the pleasures of philosophical discovery, and the pride of literary fame, he recalled to his mind the venerable figure of the good La Roche, and wished that he had never doubted.