The Political Text Book: Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of Government, and an Examination of the Principal Social and Political Institutions of EnglandWm. Strange, 1833 - 248 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 26
Página 4
... evil ; in its worst state , an intolerable one.- Paine . - Let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth , unconnected with the rest ; they will then represent the first peopling of any country ...
... evil ; in its worst state , an intolerable one.- Paine . - Let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth , unconnected with the rest ; they will then represent the first peopling of any country ...
Página 9
... evil tendency , point out the tendency , and prove it to be evil ; it will only be acted upon , on the supposition of its being good . However it may appear to you , if it be calculated to influence the opinion of the ma- jority , it ...
... evil tendency , point out the tendency , and prove it to be evil ; it will only be acted upon , on the supposition of its being good . However it may appear to you , if it be calculated to influence the opinion of the ma- jority , it ...
Página 25
... evil which unavoidably befalls some people in the present state of the world , was intended to be mitigated , if not obviated , by the general prosperity and happiness . As one individual bears but a trifling proportion to the whole ...
... evil which unavoidably befalls some people in the present state of the world , was intended to be mitigated , if not obviated , by the general prosperity and happiness . As one individual bears but a trifling proportion to the whole ...
Página 37
... evil : what constituted the joy of one could not be a source of sorrow to another ; all would rejoice toge- ther , and receive with gratitude the gifts of Providence . Such is , indeed , a very slight sketch of that plan which has been ...
... evil : what constituted the joy of one could not be a source of sorrow to another ; all would rejoice toge- ther , and receive with gratitude the gifts of Providence . Such is , indeed , a very slight sketch of that plan which has been ...
Página 51
... evil , and thereby render it unnecessary to waste its powers in un- availing attempts to cure the evil , after unwisely allowing the evil to arrive at maturity . The governing powers will clearly understand , that it will be for their ...
... evil , and thereby render it unnecessary to waste its powers in un- availing attempts to cure the evil , after unwisely allowing the evil to arrive at maturity . The governing powers will clearly understand , that it will be for their ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Political Text Book; Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of ... William Carpenter Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Political Text Book: Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of ... Sin vista previa disponible - 2020 |
Términos y frases comunes
accumulation advantage aristocracy authority body capitalist character Christianity church circulating capital classes clothing commerce common consequence constitution consume crown cultivated despotic division of labour earth effect employed endeavour England equality established evil exchange executive exer exertions exist favour fixed capital form of government give hands happiness hereditary honour House House of Commons House of Lords House of Peers human improvement increase individual industry instruments interest justice king knowledge land laws legislative mankind manufactures means ment mind mixed government monarchy moral nation natural right necessary never object obtain oligarchy operation parliament persons political possess present principle produce productive labour productive powers profit proportion punishment quantity racter reason receive religion render require rich society sovereign species steam engines subsistence supply suppose taxes thing tion truth universal suffrage vidual wants wealth whole
Pasajes populares
Página 244 - Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him : No, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Página 214 - THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Página 126 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Página 3 - Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.
Página 127 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 65 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Página 147 - The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Página 127 - Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Página 45 - Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
Página 244 - And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.