Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ....J. Dodsley in the Pall-Mall, 1770 - 118 pages |
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... Reign . It was indeed written with no fmall art and addrefs . In this piece appeared the first dawning of the new system ; there firft appeared the idea ( then only in fpeculation ) of Separating the Court from the Adminiftration ; of ...
... Reign . It was indeed written with no fmall art and addrefs . In this piece appeared the first dawning of the new system ; there firft appeared the idea ( then only in fpeculation ) of Separating the Court from the Adminiftration ; of ...
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... reign of the late Monarch , and was fo carefully to be avoided in the reign of his Succeffor . The effects were thefe . In times full of doubt and danger to his per- fon and family , George the Second maintained the dignity of his Crown ...
... reign of the late Monarch , and was fo carefully to be avoided in the reign of his Succeffor . The effects were thefe . In times full of doubt and danger to his per- fon and family , George the Second maintained the dignity of his Crown ...
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... reign , and the effects were alfo fuch as we have defcribed , we ought , no lefs for the fake of the Sovereign whom we love , than for our own , to hear arguments convincing indeed , before we depart from the maxims of that reign , or ...
... reign , and the effects were alfo fuch as we have defcribed , we ought , no lefs for the fake of the Sovereign whom we love , than for our own , to hear arguments convincing indeed , before we depart from the maxims of that reign , or ...
Page 62
... magnificent promises . Without recapitulating all the circumstances of the reign , every one of which is more or lefs a melancholy proof of the 3 truth any truth of what I have advanced , let us 62 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF.
... magnificent promises . Without recapitulating all the circumstances of the reign , every one of which is more or lefs a melancholy proof of the 3 truth any truth of what I have advanced , let us 62 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF.
Page 86
... reign of Queen Anne , the Crown was found in debt . The leffening and granting away fome part of her revenue by Parliament was alledged as the caufe of that debt , and pleaded as an equitable ground , fuch it certainly was , for ...
... reign of Queen Anne , the Crown was found in debt . The leffening and granting away fome part of her revenue by Parliament was alledged as the caufe of that debt , and pleaded as an equitable ground , fuch it certainly was , for ...
Common terms and phrases
Adminiſtration againſt anſwer becauſe bufinefs buſineſs Cabal caufe cauſe chofen circumftances Civil Lift confequence confidence confideration conftitution conftruction confufion connexion controul corruption courſe Court Crown debt defign deftroy diforder difpofition diftinguiſh duty eſtabliſhed Faction fame favour fecurity feem felves ferve fervice fervitude fettled fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fituation fole fome fomething foon fpirit ftand ftate ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fure fyftem Government greateſt himſelf honour Houfe Houſe of Commons impoffible increaſe influence inftitution inftrument intereft itſelf King's men leaft leaſt lefs liament Lord Lord Bute Lord Rochford Lord Shelburne means meaſures ment Minifters Miniftry moft moſt muft muſt nation natural neceffary neceffity obfervation opinion oppofition Parliament party perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffibly politicks popular prefent principle puniſhed purpoſe queftion racter reafon Reprefentatives ſcheme thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe truft uſe Whig whilft whole wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 110 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 3 - Nations are governed by the same methods, and on the same principles, by which an individual without authority is often able to govern those who are his equals or his superiors; by a knowledge of their temper, and by a judicious management of it...
Page 110 - I find it impossible to conceive, that any one believes in his own politics, or thinks them to be of any weight, who refuses to adopt the means of having them reduced into practice. It is the business of the speculative philosopher to mark the proper ends of government. It is the business of the politician, who is the philosopher in action, to find out proper means towards those ends.
Page 13 - ... in itself a perpetual principle of growth and renovation ; and which the distresses and the prosperity of the country equally tended to augment, was an admirable substitute for a prerogative that, being only the offspring of antiquated prejudices, had moulded in its original stamina irresistible principles of decay and dissolution. The ignorance of the people is a bottom but for a temporary system ; the interest of active men in the state is a foundation perpetual and infallible.
Page 8 - When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution or in the conduct of Government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.
Page 114 - Men thinking freely, will, in particular instances, think differently. But still as the greater part of the measures which arise in the course of public business are related to, or dependent on, some great leading general principles in government, a man must be peculiarly unfortunate in the choice of his political company if he does not agree with them at least nine times in ten.
Page 12 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Page 68 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Page 115 - To model our principles to our duties and our situation. To be 'fully persuaded that all virtue which is impracticable is spurious ; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in a course which leads us to act with effect and energy, than to loiter out our days without blame and without use.
Page 115 - ... virtue which is impracticable is spurious; and rather to run the risk of falling into faults in a course which leads us to act with effect and energy than to loiter out our days without blame and without use. Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy.