Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volumen1Bell & Bradfute, 1804 |
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... scarcely published when the king was restored ; and we see , that monarchy has ever since subsisted upon the same footing as before . Notwithstanding this un- lucky example , I will venture to examine an important question , to wit ...
... scarcely published when the king was restored ; and we see , that monarchy has ever since subsisted upon the same footing as before . Notwithstanding this un- lucky example , I will venture to examine an important question , to wit ...
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... scarcely support itself in the world . The mere name of king commands little respect ; and to talk of a king as GOD's vicegerent on earth , or to give him any of those magnificent titles , which formerly dazzled mankind ; would but ...
... scarcely support itself in the world . The mere name of king commands little respect ; and to talk of a king as GOD's vicegerent on earth , or to give him any of those magnificent titles , which formerly dazzled mankind ; would but ...
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... scarcely ever be dangerous or violent . The crown will naturally bestow all trust and power upon those , whose principles , real or pretended , are most favourable to monarchical government ; and this temptation will naturally engage ...
... scarcely ever be dangerous or violent . The crown will naturally bestow all trust and power upon those , whose principles , real or pretended , are most favourable to monarchical government ; and this temptation will naturally engage ...
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... scarcely is any maxim in his Prince which subsequent experience has not entirely refuted . " A weak prince , " says he , " is in- capable of receiving good counsel ; for , if he consult with several , he will not be able to choose among ...
... scarcely is any maxim in his Prince which subsequent experience has not entirely refuted . " A weak prince , " says he , " is in- capable of receiving good counsel ; for , if he consult with several , he will not be able to choose among ...
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... scarcely ever enjoyed any established liberty , and yet has carried the arts and sciences as near perfec- tion as any other nation . The ENGLISH are , perhaps , greater philosophers ; the ITALIANS better painters and musicians ; the ...
... scarcely ever enjoyed any established liberty , and yet has carried the arts and sciences as near perfec- tion as any other nation . The ENGLISH are , perhaps , greater philosophers ; the ITALIANS better painters and musicians ; the ...
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Página 545 - I am apt to suspect the negroes, and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences...
Página 124 - To balance a large state or society (says he) whether monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it The judgments of many must unite in the work: experience must guide their labor: time must bring it to perfection: and the feeling of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and experiments.
Página 27 - NOTHING appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
Página 343 - In opposition to this narrow and malignant opinion, I will venture to assert, that the increase of riches and commerce in any one nation, instead of hurting, commonly promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours...
Página 302 - The workman has not the same employment from the manufacturer and merchant; though he pays the same price for every thing in the market. The farmer cannot dispose of his corn and cattle, though he must pay the same rent to his landlord. The poverty and beggary, and sloth, which must ensue, are easily foreseen.
Página 545 - Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negroe slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; tho' low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession.
Página 266 - ... it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things. I may add, that it is also the chief business of politicians; especially in the domestic government of the state, where the public good, which is, or ought to be their object, depends on the concurrence of a multitude of causes; not, as in foreign politics, on accidents and chances, and the caprices of a few persons.
Página 50 - And, as such a violent government cannot long subsist, we shall at last, after many convulsions and civil wars, find repose in absolute monarchy, which it would have been happier for us to have established peaceably from the beginning. Absolute monarchy, therefore, is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the British constitution.
Página 469 - Were you to preach, in most parts of the world, that political connections are founded altogether on voluntary consent or a mutual promise, the magistrate would soon imprison you as seditious for loosening the ties of obedience, if your friends did not before shut you up as delirious for advancing such absurdities.
Página 326 - Suppose four-fifths of all the money in GREAT BRITAIN to be annihilated in one night, and the nation reduced to the same condition, with regard to specie, as in the reigns of the HARRYS and EDWARDS, what would be the consequence? Must not the price of all labour and commodities sink in proportion, and everything be sold as cheap as they were in those ages?