Essays, moral, political, and literaryBell & Bradfute, 1809 |
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... says he , our magistrates , having entire impunity , would plunder no more than would satisfy their own rapacious- ness ; whereas , at present , they must also satisfy that of their judges , and of all the great men in Rome , of whose ...
... says he , our magistrates , having entire impunity , would plunder no more than would satisfy their own rapacious- ness ; whereas , at present , they must also satisfy that of their judges , and of all the great men in Rome , of whose ...
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... say , there are few wise men in the world , is really to say nothing ; since it is only by their scarcity that they merit that appellation . Were the lowest of our species as wise as Tully , or Lord Bacon , we should still have reason to ...
... say , there are few wise men in the world , is really to say nothing ; since it is only by their scarcity that they merit that appellation . Were the lowest of our species as wise as Tully , or Lord Bacon , we should still have reason to ...
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... says he , et semper aliquid immensum , infinitumque desiderant . Of all the polite and learned nations , England alone possesses a popular government , or admits into the legis- lature such numerous assemblies as can be supposed to lie ...
... says he , et semper aliquid immensum , infinitumque desiderant . Of all the polite and learned nations , England alone possesses a popular government , or admits into the legis- lature such numerous assemblies as can be supposed to lie ...
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... says Ovid , who breathes that divine fire , by which we are animated * . Poets in all ages have advanced this claim to inspiration . There is not , however , any thing super- natural in the case . Their fire is not kindled from hea- ven ...
... says Ovid , who breathes that divine fire , by which we are animated * . Poets in all ages have advanced this claim to inspiration . There is not , however , any thing super- natural in the case . Their fire is not kindled from hea- ven ...
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... says Ovid , who breathes that divine fire , by which we are animated * . Poets in all ages have advanced this claim to inspiration . There is not , however , any thing super- natural in the case . Their fire is not kindled from hea- ven ...
... says Ovid , who breathes that divine fire , by which we are animated * . Poets in all ages have advanced this claim to inspiration . There is not , however , any thing super- natural in the case . Their fire is not kindled from hea- ven ...
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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.