The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, 10. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1800 |
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... ment , are fixed upon a more known and fettled foundation than ever they were before ; and commercial nations have difcovered a more fuccefsful and happy method of procuring gold , than by digging it themfelves from the mine , or forc ...
... ment , are fixed upon a more known and fettled foundation than ever they were before ; and commercial nations have difcovered a more fuccefsful and happy method of procuring gold , than by digging it themfelves from the mine , or forc ...
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... ment , been long on the decline in that country ; it was the error of the famous Colbert , that he want- ed to form the French into a nation of manufacturers , and forgot that agriculture is the principal ftrength of a ftate . The ...
... ment , been long on the decline in that country ; it was the error of the famous Colbert , that he want- ed to form the French into a nation of manufacturers , and forgot that agriculture is the principal ftrength of a ftate . The ...
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... ment of Milan , which includes the Austrian Lombardy , has pub- lished a law , by which all the rights which the pope or the bishops have hitherto exercised over ecclefiaftics , either with re- , gard to their effects or their per- fons ...
... ment of Milan , which includes the Austrian Lombardy , has pub- lished a law , by which all the rights which the pope or the bishops have hitherto exercised over ecclefiaftics , either with re- , gard to their effects or their per- fons ...
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... ment of their manufactures , the encouragement of agriculture , and the restriction within the narroweft li mits of every kind of foreign fuperfluity . The fumptuary laws , and those against every fpecies of CHAP State of affairs in ...
... ment of their manufactures , the encouragement of agriculture , and the restriction within the narroweft li mits of every kind of foreign fuperfluity . The fumptuary laws , and those against every fpecies of CHAP State of affairs in ...
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... ment of perfonal freedom , will make amends to the country for the lofs of their political conftitu . tion . The Emprefs of Ruffia ftill pro- ceeds on the fame enlarged and enlightened plan , which we have had occafion heretofore fo ...
... ment of perfonal freedom , will make amends to the country for the lofs of their political conftitu . tion . The Emprefs of Ruffia ftill pro- ceeds on the fame enlarged and enlightened plan , which we have had occafion heretofore fo ...
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Page 223 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Page 268 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 138 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 241 - In groundless hope and causeless fear, Unhappy man ! behold thy doom ; Still changing with the changeful year, The slave of sunshine and of gloom.
Page 270 - Property, both in lands and movables, being thus originally acquired by the first taker, which taking amounts to a declaration that he intends to appropriate the thing to his own use...
Page 269 - And the art of agriculture, by a regular connection and consequence, introduced and established the idea of a more permanent property in the soil than had hitherto been received and adopted. It was clear that the earth would not produce her fruits in sufficient quantities without the assistance of tillage; but who would be at the pains of tilling it if another might watch an opportunity to seize upon and enjoy the product of his industry, art and labour?
Page 266 - The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator.
Page 287 - If there was a time in which he had his acquaintance with his own species to make, and his faculties to acquire, it is a time of which we have no record, and in relation to which our opinions can serve no purpose, and are supported by no evidence.
Page 265 - Pleased as we are with the possession, we seem afraid to look back to the means by which it was acquired, as if fearful of some defect in our title ; or at best we rest satisfied with the decision of the laws in our favour, without examining the reason or authority upon which those laws have been built.
Page 269 - ... of religious duties. Thus connected together, it was found that a part only of...