Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page v
... principles of political and moral phi- losophy , will , I think , readily allow , that an endeavour to prevent a return of such disorders , by leading men to a view of their essential duties and interest , has some title , though.
... principles of political and moral phi- losophy , will , I think , readily allow , that an endeavour to prevent a return of such disorders , by leading men to a view of their essential duties and interest , has some title , though.
Page vi
... interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the councils of princes , the arrangements of war and peace , are matters of so great a sound , and carry in their ...
... interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the councils of princes , the arrangements of war and peace , are matters of so great a sound , and carry in their ...
Page 32
... when sought , as it too often is , by base or crooked means , and with no higher views than to advance a name , or promote some temporal interest , is certainly a vicious object of pursuit , and then 32 [ PART 1 . Of the immediate.
... when sought , as it too often is , by base or crooked means , and with no higher views than to advance a name , or promote some temporal interest , is certainly a vicious object of pursuit , and then 32 [ PART 1 . Of the immediate.
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... interest in its abasement ; of which , we have a trite in- stance in the illiterate clown who gave his vote for the banishment of Aristides , for no other reason than because he heard him everywhere celebrated under the title of D the ...
... interest in its abasement ; of which , we have a trite in- stance in the illiterate clown who gave his vote for the banishment of Aristides , for no other reason than because he heard him everywhere celebrated under the title of D the ...
Page 45
... interests and passions , and perpetually be vibrating between truth and error , ty- ranny and licence , in spite of all the efforts of patriots and philosophers . Fifthly , by incivility . It has been often justly observed , that the ...
... interests and passions , and perpetually be vibrating between truth and error , ty- ranny and licence , in spite of all the efforts of patriots and philosophers . Fifthly , by incivility . It has been often justly observed , that the ...
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