Reflections on the Revolution in FranceGateway Editions, 1955 - 350 |
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... election , as the only lawful title to the crown , are ready to employ , in order to render the support of the just principles of our constitution a task some- what invidious . These sophisters substitute a ficti- tious cause , and ...
... election , as the only lawful title to the crown , are ready to employ , in order to render the support of the just principles of our constitution a task some- what invidious . These sophisters substitute a ficti- tious cause , and ...
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... election . That election was so con- trived , as to send a very large proportion of mere country curates to the great and arduous work of new - modelling a state ; men who never had seen the state so much as in a picture ; men who knew ...
... election . That election was so con- trived , as to send a very large proportion of mere country curates to the great and arduous work of new - modelling a state ; men who never had seen the state so much as in a picture ; men who knew ...
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Edmund Burke. into that tumult and confusion of popular election , which , by their interposed gradation of elections , they mean to avoid , and at length to risk the whole fortune of the state with those who have the least knowledge of ...
Edmund Burke. into that tumult and confusion of popular election , which , by their interposed gradation of elections , they mean to avoid , and at length to risk the whole fortune of the state with those who have the least knowledge of ...
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amongst ancient appear archbishop of Paris army assignats authority body Burke called canton cause character church citizens civil clergy common confiscation consider constitution crimes crown despotism destroyed ecclesiastical effect election England equal established estates everything evil existence favour force French French Revolution Gallican church gentlemen habits hereditary honour House of Commons House of Lords human interest justice king king of France kingdom land lative liberty ligion Louis the Fourteenth mankind means ment military mind minister monarchy moral municipalities National Assembly nature Necker never nobility obedience object Old Jewry opinion Paris parliament persons political possessed preserve principles proceedings reason religion render representation republic revenue Revolution Society ruin Russell Kirk scheme sembly sort sovereign speculations spirit things tion triumph true tyranny vices virtue wealth whilst whole wholly wisdom