Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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Page ix
... for death . That trance is over . Thou Art entered on thy heavenly heritage ; And I , whose dial of mortality Points to the eleventh hour , shall follow soon . Meantime , with dutiful and patient hope , I labour DEDICATION . ix.
... for death . That trance is over . Thou Art entered on thy heavenly heritage ; And I , whose dial of mortality Points to the eleventh hour , shall follow soon . Meantime , with dutiful and patient hope , I labour DEDICATION . ix.
Page 49
... follow in the train of war : and even now the public tranquillity of England is fear- fully dependent upon the seasons . And touch- ing pestilence , you fancy yourselves secure , because the plague has not appeared among you for the ...
... follow in the train of war : and even now the public tranquillity of England is fear- fully dependent upon the seasons . And touch- ing pestilence , you fancy yourselves secure , because the plague has not appeared among you for the ...
Page 138
... follow from the success of such plans , and aggravate the miseries of posterity . But they repelled this argument with just in- dignation , and maintained that if a taste for comfort could be diffused over the whole com- munity , it ...
... follow from the success of such plans , and aggravate the miseries of posterity . But they repelled this argument with just in- dignation , and maintained that if a taste for comfort could be diffused over the whole com- munity , it ...
Page 149
... disputed ; I confess , however , that my mode of life , inde- pendent as it is , is not independent enough for me to follow it . " Inter causas malorum nostro- rum est , quod vivimus ad exempla : nec ratione EARLY RISING . 149.
... disputed ; I confess , however , that my mode of life , inde- pendent as it is , is not independent enough for me to follow it . " Inter causas malorum nostro- rum est , quod vivimus ad exempla : nec ratione EARLY RISING . 149.
Page 178
... follow no farther than the daylight pene- trates into that land of fogs and darkness . SIR THOMAS MORE . Daylight will serve us here . All wealth in former times was tangible . It existed either in land , money , or chattels , which ...
... follow no farther than the daylight pene- trates into that land of fogs and darkness . SIR THOMAS MORE . Daylight will serve us here . All wealth in former times was tangible . It existed either in land , money , or chattels , which ...
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