Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson ...: Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 |
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... measures , as men hostile to the peace and tranquillity of the country ; as men of republican principles ; as secret sub- verters of the constitution . The adherents of opposition endeavour to represent the ministers of the Crown , and ...
... measures , as men hostile to the peace and tranquillity of the country ; as men of republican principles ; as secret sub- verters of the constitution . The adherents of opposition endeavour to represent the ministers of the Crown , and ...
Pagina 17
... endanger the independence of the nation . - " But it will be urged , -a declaration of our disposition for peace will be a degrading and an humiliating measure . I look upon VOL . II . C - it in another light . I consider it as 17.
... endanger the independence of the nation . - " But it will be urged , -a declaration of our disposition for peace will be a degrading and an humiliating measure . I look upon VOL . II . C - it in another light . I consider it as 17.
Pagina 18
... measures originally wrong , is not magnanimity , but obstinacy ; a perseverance in measures originally right , but which circumstances have rendered probably unattainable , is not a mark of wisdom but of folly . It was a mistaken idea ...
... measures originally wrong , is not magnanimity , but obstinacy ; a perseverance in measures originally right , but which circumstances have rendered probably unattainable , is not a mark of wisdom but of folly . It was a mistaken idea ...
Pagina 20
... measures . 66 - Suppose , then , the unfortunate Louis to be placed , by our efforts , on the throne of his ancestors , surrounded by his nobles in the plenitude of their ancient privileges ; the Bastile re - erected , and the people of ...
... measures . 66 - Suppose , then , the unfortunate Louis to be placed , by our efforts , on the throne of his ancestors , surrounded by his nobles in the plenitude of their ancient privileges ; the Bastile re - erected , and the people of ...
Pagina 26
... measures , and it was generally ex- pected that I should have joined this second ( unprincipled I thought it ) great coalition . I had always protested against being a party - man , and this speech effectually si- lenced those who , ...
... measures , and it was generally ex- pected that I should have joined this second ( unprincipled I thought it ) great coalition . I had always protested against being a party - man , and this speech effectually si- lenced those who , ...
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Pagina 145 - This was the Edict of the Grand Duke of Tuscany for the Reform of Criminal Law in his Dominions.
Pagina 353 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Pagina 419 - In September I received a letter from Dr. Marsh, (Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge,) enclosing a prospectus of an intended national society for the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church, and requesting to know whether I would assist in the promotion and guidance of such.
Pagina 220 - Therefore, of natural effects of the same kind, the same causes are to be assigned, as far as it can be done ; as of respiration in man...
Pagina 102 - On the best means of converting certain portions of grassland into tillage without exhausting the soil, and of returning the same to grass, after a certain period, in an improved state, or at least without injury.
Pagina 442 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right ; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Pagina 259 - What has been the influence of the Reformation by Luther, on the political situation of the different states of Europe, and on the progress of knowledge !
Pagina 287 - What is this thing called orthodoxy, which mars the fortunes of honest men, misleads the judgment of princes, and occasionally endangers the stability of thrones ? In the true meaning of the term, it is a sacred thing to which every denomination of Christians lays an arrogant and exclusive claim, but to which no man, no assembly of men, since the apostolic age, can prove a title.
Pagina 204 - Adeo quanto rerum minus, tanto minus cupiditatis erat; nuper divitiae avaritiam et abundantes voluptates desiderium per luxum atque libidinem pereundi perdendique omnia invexere.