The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... practical as well as a theoretical injustice . 6 Mr Alison's next objection is the abstract injustice of a demo- cracy . Admitting political power to be a great benefit , he still argues that its extension to the poorer classes is ...
... practical as well as a theoretical injustice . 6 Mr Alison's next objection is the abstract injustice of a demo- cracy . Admitting political power to be a great benefit , he still argues that its extension to the poorer classes is ...
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... practical evils which have hitherto been found to accompany democratic institutions . But we think that he does not suffi- ciently distinguish between necessary and accidental disadvan- tages - between the dangers inseparable from ...
... practical evils which have hitherto been found to accompany democratic institutions . But we think that he does not suffi- ciently distinguish between necessary and accidental disadvan- tages - between the dangers inseparable from ...
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... practical statesman . Even in this respect , indeed , we are inclined to doubt both the originality and the correctness of his opinion . But we cannot think that the mere possibility of his scheme could long escape the notice of any man ...
... practical statesman . Even in this respect , indeed , we are inclined to doubt both the originality and the correctness of his opinion . But we cannot think that the mere possibility of his scheme could long escape the notice of any man ...
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... practical proof of the dangerous nature of such rash and odious imputations . We gather two maxims from the elaborate and insidious passage we have just quoted . Every man who wishes for any alterations in the British_constitution , is ...
... practical proof of the dangerous nature of such rash and odious imputations . We gather two maxims from the elaborate and insidious passage we have just quoted . Every man who wishes for any alterations in the British_constitution , is ...
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... practical judgment respecting them . The pleasure with which the characters alluded to are contem- plated , proceeds entirely from the taste and imagination ; and rather resembles our admiration of a striking work of art than our love ...
... practical judgment respecting them . The pleasure with which the characters alluded to are contem- plated , proceeds entirely from the taste and imagination ; and rather resembles our admiration of a striking work of art than our love ...
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