The political works of Thomas PainePeter Raynolds, 1826 - 425 páginas |
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... matter . We now come more particularly to the affairs of France . Mr. Burke's book has the appearance of being written as instruction to the French nation ; but if I may permit my- self the use of an extravagant metaphor , suited to the ...
... matter . We now come more particularly to the affairs of France . Mr. Burke's book has the appearance of being written as instruction to the French nation ; but if I may permit my- self the use of an extravagant metaphor , suited to the ...
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... matters were agitating , the National Assembly stood in the most perilous and critical situation that a body of men can be supposed to act in . They were the devoted victims , and they knew it . They had the hearts and wish- es of their ...
... matters were agitating , the National Assembly stood in the most perilous and critical situation that a body of men can be supposed to act in . They were the devoted victims , and they knew it . They had the hearts and wish- es of their ...
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... Matters being now ripe for execution , the new ministry made their appearance in office . The reader will carry in his mind , that the Bastille was taken the 14th of July : the point of time I am now speaking to , is the 12th . Immedi ...
... Matters being now ripe for execution , the new ministry made their appearance in office . The reader will carry in his mind , that the Bastille was taken the 14th of July : the point of time I am now speaking to , is the 12th . Immedi ...
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... matter is , that some of the ministers intended to make remarks and observations upon certain parts of them , before they were finally sanctioned and sent to the provinces ; but be this as it may , the ene- mies of the revolution ...
... matter is , that some of the ministers intended to make remarks and observations upon certain parts of them , before they were finally sanctioned and sent to the provinces ; but be this as it may , the ene- mies of the revolution ...
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... matters passed till the break of day when a fresh disturbance arose from the censurable conduct of some of both ... matter ended , as by oblivion , after the loss of two or three lives . During the latter part of the time in which ...
... matters passed till the break of day when a fresh disturbance arose from the censurable conduct of some of both ... matter ended , as by oblivion , after the loss of two or three lives . During the latter part of the time in which ...
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America appear aristocracy arms army authority Bastille Britain British Burke Burke's called cause character circumstances citizens civil colonies commerce common congress conquer conquest consequence continent court crown declaration defence despotism duty enemy England English ernment established Europe expense fate feel folly force former France French constitution French revolution friends Garde du Corps hath hereditary succession honor hundred independence interest justice king land liberty likewise live Lord lord Shelburne mankind manner matter means ment millions sterling mind ministry mixed Governments monarchy National Assembly natural rights never object opinion ourselves Paine Paris parliament peace persons political pounds pounds sterling present principles produce reason republican revolution ruin shew spirit States-General suffer suppose taxes thing Thomas Paine thousand tion tories Wherefore whigs whole William the Conqueror
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Página 141 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Página 136 - He will take the tenth of your sheep and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king, which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Página 136 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers.
Página 136 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Página 143 - Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time, by the proceedings now. Now is the seed-time of continental union, faith and honor.
Página 136 - I will call unto the Lord and he shall send thunder and rain (which then was a punishment being in the time of wheat harvest) that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, IN ASKING YOU A KING.
Página 136 - Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the LORD shall rule over you.
Página 161 - O! ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.
Página 191 - There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care.
Página 37 - The fact therefore must be, that the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on whicH they have a right to exist.