Burke, Select Works, Band 3Clarendon Press, 1877 - 712 Seiten |
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Seite vii
... opinion : in the present , Burke urges that public opinion acts within much narrower limits . On the strength of such differences , it has been supposed that Burke had now either completely abandoned the political principles which had ...
... opinion : in the present , Burke urges that public opinion acts within much narrower limits . On the strength of such differences , it has been supposed that Burke had now either completely abandoned the political principles which had ...
Seite ix
... opinion in England in its modern form . Burke here addresses his arguments to a much wider public than of old . He recognises , what is now obvious enough , that English policy rests on the opinion of a reasonable democracy . The reader ...
... opinion in England in its modern form . Burke here addresses his arguments to a much wider public than of old . He recognises , what is now obvious enough , that English policy rests on the opinion of a reasonable democracy . The reader ...
Seite xi
... opinion , which wrought an obvious effect , by means of the Gazettes of Paris , throughout the western world . Burke saw this , and to public opinion he appealed against the movement , and so far as this country was concerned ...
... opinion , which wrought an obvious effect , by means of the Gazettes of Paris , throughout the western world . Burke saw this , and to public opinion he appealed against the movement , and so far as this country was concerned ...
Seite xv
... opinion , against Burke's imperious dilemmas . But it is the moral power of the argument , and the brilliancy with ... opinions , for qualification , and for temporisation . No wise man could hesitate to do his best to discredit the ...
... opinion , against Burke's imperious dilemmas . But it is the moral power of the argument , and the brilliancy with ... opinions , for qualification , and for temporisation . No wise man could hesitate to do his best to discredit the ...
Seite xxiv
... opinion doth yield . So that general rules , till their limits be fully known ( especially in matter of public and ecclesiastical affairs ) , are by reason of the manifold secret exceptions which lie hidden in them , no other , to the ...
... opinion doth yield . So that general rules , till their limits be fully known ( especially in matter of public and ecclesiastical affairs ) , are by reason of the manifold secret exceptions which lie hidden in them , no other , to the ...
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Seite 85 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Seite xxv - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Seite 27 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Seite xxvi - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad: But when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea! shaking of earth! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Seite 35 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Seite 65 - They have a right to the fruits of their industry; and to the means of making their industry fruitful. They have a right to the acquisitions of their parents; to the nourishment and improvement of their offspring; to instruction in life, and to consolation in death.
Seite 19 - And thereunto the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, do, in the name of all the people aforesaid, most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities for ever...
Seite 306 - Such are their ideas, such their religion, and such their law. But as to our country, and our race, as long as the well-compacted structure of our church and state, the sanctuary, the holy of holies of that ancient law, defended by reverence, defended by power, a fortress at once and a temple...
Seite 286 - They must respect that property of which they cannot partake. They must labour to obtain what by labour can be obtained ; and when they find, as they commonly do, the success disproportioned to the endeavour, they must be taught their consolation in the final proportions of eternal justice.
Seite 9 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.