Essays, moral, political, and literaryBell & Bradfute, 1809 |
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... interest ; cherish reflection ; dispose to tranquillity ; and produce an agreeable melancholy , which , of all dis- positions of the mind , is the best suited to love and friendship . In the second place , a delicacy of taste is ...
... interest ; cherish reflection ; dispose to tranquillity ; and produce an agreeable melancholy , which , of all dis- positions of the mind , is the best suited to love and friendship . In the second place , a delicacy of taste is ...
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... obliged , by their own interest , to have a watchful eye over the encroachments , and violence of is as much liberty , and even , perhaps , the ministers . From these causes it proceeds , that there LIBERTY OF THE PRESS . 11.
... obliged , by their own interest , to have a watchful eye over the encroachments , and violence of is as much liberty , and even , perhaps , the ministers . From these causes it proceeds , that there LIBERTY OF THE PRESS . 11.
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... interest , even of bad men , to act for the public good . Such is the intention of these forms of government , and such is their real effect , where they are wisely constituted : As , on the other hand , they are the source of all dis ...
... interest , even of bad men , to act for the public good . Such is the intention of these forms of government , and such is their real effect , where they are wisely constituted : As , on the other hand , they are the source of all dis ...
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... interests of the whole body , however it may that of some individuals . There will be a distinction of rank between the ... interest , not to divide the whole people into factions : Whence a civil war , the greatest of ills , may be ...
... interests of the whole body , however it may that of some individuals . There will be a distinction of rank between the ... interest , not to divide the whole people into factions : Whence a civil war , the greatest of ills , may be ...
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... interests of the whole body , however it may that of some individuals . There will be a distinction of rank between the ... interest , not to divide the whole people into factions : Whence a civil war , the greatest of ills , may be ...
... interests of the whole body , however it may that of some individuals . There will be a distinction of rank between the ... interest , not to divide the whole people into factions : Whence a civil war , the greatest of ills , may be ...
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Page 423 - 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.
Page 266 - What nation could then dispute with us in any foreign market, or pretend to navigate or to sell manufactures at the same price, which to us would afford sufficient profit? In how little time, therefore, must this bring back the money which we had lost, and raise us to the level of all the neighbouring nations?
Page 209 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
Page 235 - Thus industry, knowledge, and humanity, are linked together by an indissoluble chain, and are found, from experience as well as reason, to be peculiar to the more polished, and, what are commonly denominated, the more .luxurious ages.
Page 233 - ... men are kept in perpetual occupation, and enjoy, as their reward, the occupation itself, as well as those pleasures which are the fruit of their labour. The mind acquires new vigour ; enlarges its powers and faculties ; and by an assiduity in honest industry, both satisfies its natural appetites, and prevents the growth of unnatural ones, which commonly spring up when nourished by ease and idleness.
Page 229 - Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessaries, and many of the conveniencies of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor.
Page 266 - 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? What nation could then dispute with us in any foreign market, or pretend to navigate or to sell manufactures at the same price, which to us would afford sufficient profit?
Page 202 - Every voice is united in applauding elegance, propriety, simplicity, spirit in writing; and in blaming fustian, affectation, coldness, and a false brilliancy. But when critics come to particulars, this seeming unanimity vanishes ; and it is found, that they had affixed a very different meaning to their expressions.
Page 167 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Page 385 - And hence it is evident that absolute monarchy, which by some men is counted for the only government in the world, is indeed inconsistent with civil society, and so can be no form of civil government at all.