Thoughts on the Cause of the Present DiscontentsJ. Dodsley, 1784 - 118 pages |
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... attempt in the execution of this defign was to fet up for Minifter , a perfon , in rank indeed refpectable , and very ample in fortune ; but who , to the moment of this vaft and sudden elevation , was little known or con- fidered in the ...
... attempt in the execution of this defign was to fet up for Minifter , a perfon , in rank indeed refpectable , and very ample in fortune ; but who , to the moment of this vaft and sudden elevation , was little known or con- fidered in the ...
Page 18
... attempt have offered ; and the scheme itself was not deftitute of fome arguments not wholly unplaufible to recommend it . Thefe opportunities and thefe arguments , the ufe that has been made of both , the plan for carrying this new ...
... attempt have offered ; and the scheme itself was not deftitute of fome arguments not wholly unplaufible to recommend it . Thefe opportunities and thefe arguments , the ufe that has been made of both , the plan for carrying this new ...
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... hoftility against some of them ( fuch as an attempt to ftrip a particular friend of his fa- mily eftate ) , by which the Cabal hope to render D render the parties utterly irreconcileable . In truth , they THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS . 33.
... hoftility against some of them ( fuch as an attempt to ftrip a particular friend of his fa- mily eftate ) , by which the Cabal hope to render D render the parties utterly irreconcileable . In truth , they THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS . 33.
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... attempt be made upon one of this corps , immediately he flies to fanctuary , and pretends to the most in- violable of all promifes . No conveniency of public public arrangement is available to remove any one of them 36 THOUGHTS ON THE ...
... attempt be made upon one of this corps , immediately he flies to fanctuary , and pretends to the most in- violable of all promifes . No conveniency of public public arrangement is available to remove any one of them 36 THOUGHTS ON THE ...
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... attempt upon one of them , by the most powerful Minifter , is a certain preli- minary to his own deftruction . Conscious of their independence , they bear themselves with a lofty air to the exterior Mi- nifters . Like Janiffaries , they ...
... attempt upon one of them , by the most powerful Minifter , is a certain preli- minary to his own deftruction . Conscious of their independence , they bear themselves with a lofty air to the exterior Mi- nifters . Like Janiffaries , they ...
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abfolute Adminiſtration againſt becauſe bufinefs buſineſs Cabal cauſe Civil Lift confequence confidence confideration conftitution confufion connexion controul corruption courſe Court Crown debt defign deftroy diforder difpofition duty eſtabliſhed evil executory Faction fame favour fecurity feem ferve fervice fettled fhall fhew fince fingle firft firſt fituation fole fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fure fyftem Government greateſt himſelf honour Houfe Houſe of Commons impoffible increaſe influence inftrument intereft itſelf King King's men laſt leaft leaſt lefs Lord Lord Bute Lord Rochford Lord Shelburne means meaſures ment Minifters Miniſtry moft moſt muft muſt nation natural neceffary neceffity obfervation opinion oppofe oppofition Parliament party perfons pleaſure poffeffed poffibly politicks popular prefent principle puniſhment purpoſes racter reafon reprefentative ſcheme ſhould ſome ſpirit ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truft uſed Whig whilft whole
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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 110 - Therefore every honourable connexion will avow it is their first purpose, to pursue every just method to put the men who hold their opinions into such a condition as may enable them to carry their common plans into execution, with all the power and authority of the state.
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 107 - Commonwealths are made of families, free commonwealths of parties also ; and we may as well affirm, that our natural regards and ties of blood tend inevitably to make men bad citizens, as that the bonds of our party weaken those by which we are held to our country.
Page 105 - Where men are not acquainted with each other's principles, nor experienced in each other's talents, nor at all practised in their mutual habitudes and dispositions by joint efforts in business ; no personal confidence, no friendship, no common interest, subsisting among them ; it is evidently impossible that they can act a public part with uniformity, perseverance, or efficacy.
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. An influence, which...
Page 115 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigour and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen. To cultivate friendships, and to incur enmities. To have both strong, but both selected : in the one, to be placable ; in the other, immovable.
Page 109 - Thy favourites grow not up by Fortune's sport, Or from the crimes or follies of a court : On the firm basis of desert they rise, From long-tried faith, and friendship's holy ties.
Page 106 - This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent ; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated.