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... things , which he then thought praiseworthy , have since changed their nature . I am , Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , THE CHARACTER OF MR . LOCKE . In a Letter to the Author of the Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres . By ...
... things , which he then thought praiseworthy , have since changed their nature . I am , Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , THE CHARACTER OF MR . LOCKE . In a Letter to the Author of the Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres . By ...
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... things was to lead those who consulted him into no trouble . This was one of his favourite maxims , and he never lost sight of it upon any occasion . Though Mr. Locke chiefly loved truths that were useful , and with such fed his mind ...
... things was to lead those who consulted him into no trouble . This was one of his favourite maxims , and he never lost sight of it upon any occasion . Though Mr. Locke chiefly loved truths that were useful , and with such fed his mind ...
Page 165
... things , are fit for nothing at the bottom , but to make men lose their time in inventing or comprehending them . A thousand times have I admired how , by the several questions he would put to artificers , he would find out the secret ...
... things , are fit for nothing at the bottom , but to make men lose their time in inventing or comprehending them . A thousand times have I admired how , by the several questions he would put to artificers , he would find out the secret ...
Page 166
... things which they best understood , much more desirous of informing himself in what they understood better than himself than to make a show of his own science . I knew a very ingenious gentleman in England , that was for some time in ...
... things which they best understood , much more desirous of informing himself in what they understood better than himself than to make a show of his own science . I knew a very ingenious gentleman in England , that was for some time in ...
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... things which he thought he had learnt from his conversa- tion . Nothing ever gave him a more sensible pleasure than the esteem which that earl conceived for him , almost the first moment he saw him , and which he afterwards preserved as ...
... things which he thought he had learnt from his conversa- tion . Nothing ever gave him a more sensible pleasure than the esteem which that earl conceived for him , almost the first moment he saw him , and which he afterwards preserved as ...
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Page 245 - to judge the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge, saith St. James. It becomes us, in obedience, to perform our part; and leave the ordering of events to God, whose part only that is." The power communicated by God to the Prince, &c.
Page 202 - I AB do declare and believe, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that arc commissioned by him.
Page 213 - traitorous position of taking ' arms by his authority, against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him in pursuance of such commission; and I do swear, that I will not at any time endeavour the alteration of the government, either in church or state. So help me, God.
Page 226 - These arguments enforced the lords for the bill to a change of this part of the declaration; so that they agreed the second and third parts of it should run thus, " And I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him according to law, in time of rebellion or war, acting
Page 243 - The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance of God himself, founded in the prime laws of nature, and clearly established by express texts both of the Old and New Testament " " For any person or persons to set up, maintain, or avow in any (king's) realms or territories respectively, under any pretence
Page 195 - CI. No person above seventeen years of age shall have any benefit or protection of the law, or be capable of any place of profit or honour, who is not a member of some church or profession, having his name recorded in some one, and but one religious record at once. CII
Page 271 - my good friend, to love truth, for truth's sake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues ; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as ever I met with in any body.
Page 243 - and published for the due observation of them, by his majesty's authority, under the great seal of England; the I. canon contains an explanation of the regal power, ordained and decreed to be read by every parson, vicar, curate, or preacher, upon some one Sunday in every quarter of the year at morning prayer
Page 151 - entitled, An Act to prevent the Dangers, which may arise from Persons disaffected to the Government. By that bill, which was brought in by the court-party, all such as enjoyed any beneficial office or employment, civil or military, to which was afterwards added, privy counsellors, justices of the peace, and members of parliament, were, under a penalty, to take the
Page 243 - great royal office, and cunningly to overthrow that most sacred ordinance, which God himself hath established : and so is treasonable against God, as well as against the king." " For subjects to bear arms against their kings, offensive or defensive, upon any pretence whatsoever, is at the least to resist the powers, which are ordained of God : and though they do not