Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... Never forwardly to urge his public Claims or Pretensions , nor beyond what the common Good may require ; and when this , on the Whole , is provided for , to rest satisfied in the quiet and faithful Discharge of the Duties of his present ...
... Never forwardly to urge his public Claims or Pretensions , nor beyond what the common Good may require ; and when this , on the Whole , is provided for , to rest satisfied in the quiet and faithful Discharge of the Duties of his present ...
Page 14
... never met before , and may never meet again , pass only a few hours together at the same inn , or in the same stage - coach , and there will probably be some exhibition of this nature . In whatever circumstances of so- ciety a man is ...
... never met before , and may never meet again , pass only a few hours together at the same inn , or in the same stage - coach , and there will probably be some exhibition of this nature . In whatever circumstances of so- ciety a man is ...
Page 16
... never lies dormant ; other passions seem more subject to intermission ; a miser may sometimes forget his hoards , and a de- bauchee his pleasures ; but when is it that the love of consequence is not stirring in the human heart ? III ...
... never lies dormant ; other passions seem more subject to intermission ; a miser may sometimes forget his hoards , and a de- bauchee his pleasures ; but when is it that the love of consequence is not stirring in the human heart ? III ...
Page 27
... never be discharged but under the compulsion of necessity ; which is the only weight that , in this case , can keep the political machine in motion . And all that can reasonably be proposed by human go- vernment , till there shall be a ...
... never be discharged but under the compulsion of necessity ; which is the only weight that , in this case , can keep the political machine in motion . And all that can reasonably be proposed by human go- vernment , till there shall be a ...
Page 37
... never be able to furnish the supplies ; which alone ( omitting other considerations ) shows the expediency ; if not the necessity , of that policy , by which every one enjoys his peculium under the joint protection of the community ...
... never be able to furnish the supplies ; which alone ( omitting other considerations ) shows the expediency ; if not the necessity , of that policy , by which every one enjoys his peculium under the joint protection of the community ...
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