| Thomas Hardy, Joseph Gurney - Great Britain - 1794 - 504 pages
...his defence of Royalty, does not ." rely on this argument of the compact. Whether it be that he i" is confcious of its futility, or that in his rage...kings, hereditary orders, and exclufive privileges. " Xhefe are fober opinions, uniting a clafs of reafbners too " numerous and too refpectable to be treated... | |
| Thomas Hardy, Joseph Gurney - Great Britain - 1795 - 432 pages
...we are called upon to confider " kings, even as a tolerable nuifance; and to fupport the cxifting " forms of government, this ground is the general good...formed, or even to attempt to improve them ; " and it is likewifc faid, that, were they peaceably deftroyed, and i" we had fociety to build up anew, it would... | |
| Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1818 - 724 pages
...this ground is the pencnil povd ii/ the cnniintinity. It is said to be dangerous to pull down systems that are already formed, or even to attempt to improve them ; and it is likewise said, that, were they peaceably destroyed, and we had society to build up anew, it would he... | |
| Vernon Louis Parrington - American literature - 1926 - 592 pages
...which we are called upon to consider kings even as a tolerable nuisance, and to support the existing forms of government: this ground is the general good of the community. It is said to be dangerous to pull down systems that are already formed, or even to attempt to improve them;... | |
| Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...which we are called upon to consider kings even as a tolerable nuisance, and to support the existing forms of government: this ground is the general good of the community. It is said to be dangerous to pull down systems that are already formed, or even to attempt to improve them;... | |
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