 | 1771 - 882 pages
...Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedent of former reigns, favoured llrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...towards liberty ; and if his political prudence was not fufficient to extricate him from fo perilous a fituation, he may be excufed ; fince even after the... | |
 | 1783 - 458 pages
...faicl to have rather been unhappy than worthy of cenfure. 'It was his misfortune to live in a time, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured...of the people ran violently towards liberty ; and even now, it is difficult to determine what conduct, in his circumftances, could have maintained the... | |
 | 1792 - 494 pages
...as facred the boundaries of the conftitution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when die precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly...towards liberty. And if his political prudence was not fufficient to extricate him from (b perilous a fituation, he may be exculcd ; fince, even after the... | |
 | Andrew Brown (of Glasgow.) - 1795 - 242 pages
...than by quoting the words of the elegant hiftorian, Hume, in drawing the character of this monarch. " Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period, when...power, and the genius of the people ran violently toward liberty. And, if his political prudence was not fufficient to extricate him fromlb perilous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...iixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard as facred the boundaries of the conftitution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ft; ongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And if his... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...quite fixed and certain, his hiteprity had made him regard as facred th* boundaries of the conllhution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured fhongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And if his... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 544 pages
...fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard as sacred the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 444 pages
...fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1841 - 526 pages
...fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And... | |
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Had the limitations on prerogative been in his time quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured... 
