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But the constitutional government of this island is so admirably tempered and
compounded , that nothing can endanger or hurt it , but destroying the
equilibrium of power between one branch of the legislature and the rest . For if
ever it should ...
But the constitutional government of this island is so admirably tempered and
compounded , that nothing can endanger or hurt it , but destroying the
equilibrium of power between one branch of the legislature and the rest . For if
ever it should ...
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Not war , government , and legislation - not learning and eloquence alone have
been cultivated by the patrician . Agriculture has been ennobled by very
numerous examples ; what does not internal navigation owe to the Duke of
Bridgewater ?
Not war , government , and legislation - not learning and eloquence alone have
been cultivated by the patrician . Agriculture has been ennobled by very
numerous examples ; what does not internal navigation owe to the Duke of
Bridgewater ?
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I always suppose , my friends , in the above remarks , that you would not take
away the property , as is recommended by some of the unstamped newspapers ,
to which our Government will permit no reply , and which therefore enjoy a ...
I always suppose , my friends , in the above remarks , that you would not take
away the property , as is recommended by some of the unstamped newspapers ,
to which our Government will permit no reply , and which therefore enjoy a ...
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They belong not , however , to aristocracy in its own nature ; for they have grown
out of the abuses of the prerogative of the Crown and the Government . Ministers
, ever since the days of Sir Robert Walpole to the accession of Earl Grey , have ...
They belong not , however , to aristocracy in its own nature ; for they have grown
out of the abuses of the prerogative of the Crown and the Government . Ministers
, ever since the days of Sir Robert Walpole to the accession of Earl Grey , have ...
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... skilful , acute , or prudent ; but is he trained to legislation ? - is his mind imbued
with those constitutional reverences , with that desire of stability , which the theory
of our balanced government ( made good by centuries of practice ) assigns to ...
... skilful , acute , or prudent ; but is he trained to legislation ? - is his mind imbued
with those constitutional reverences , with that desire of stability , which the theory
of our balanced government ( made good by centuries of practice ) assigns to ...
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Page 285 - Never indeed was any man more contented with doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him.
Page 518 - Wales : together with their provisional allowance during confinement ; as reported to the society for the discharge and relief of small debtors, in April, May, June, &c., 18oo. 4to., 18oo. An account of the rise, progress and present state of the society for the discharge and relief of persons imprisoned for small debts throughout England and Wales.
Page 247 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 191 - Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself to misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity. This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity, which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction.* Ey this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom.
Page 245 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 192 - By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic aspect. It has a pedigree and illustrating ancestors. It has its bearings and its ensigns armorial. It has its gallery of portraits; its monumental inscriptions; its records, evidences, and titles.
Page 9 - To be bred in a place of estimation ; to see nothing low and sordid from one's infancy ; to be taught to respect one's self; to be habituated to the censorial inspection of the public eye ; to look early to public opinion ; to stand upon such elevated ground as to be enabled to take a large...
Page 400 - Before I had learned from the note the name and business of my visitor, I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
Page 1 - All this violent cry against the nobility I take to be a mere work of art. To be honoured and even privileged by the laws, opinions, and inveterate usages of our country, growing out of the prejudice of ages, has nothing to provoke horror and indignation in any man.
Page 402 - I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away this life of care, Which I have borne, and still must bear, Till death like sleep might...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, 41. köide English literary periodicals |
| Publisher | Henry Colburn and Company, 1834 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 nov. 2006 |
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