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An Essay On The Different States And Conditions Of Life.
nothing , through the necessity of being conversant therein for ^ t live-¦ lihood . The other misfortune is , that most of those who hnve elevated minds , from the points of useful knowledge they have acquired , and whu would be capable of the most eminent employments , seeing themselves obliged , for obtaining them , to make their court to men of too narrow conceptions for making true estimates of their merit ,
choose rather to seek out a retreat , of which the value and pleasures daily heig hten in their sight by new and engaging charms ; and they deein themselves happy for being only answerable to themselves for their studies and reflections . These may be said to be useless members of the state ; but it is the state that leaves them useless : they do not regret their acting no part therein ; they see nothing above
them but God ; they are Kings of Kings , and their liberty is instead of wealth and honours to them . Happy the man who can live like them ! but much happier is he , who , after examiniiH his taste , without flattering himself , has made choice of a state of life that suits him , and whicli he honouis by his virtues , as much as he makes it useful to the society , whereof he is a member .
On The Perfidy And Infidelity Of The French.
ON THE PERFIDY AND INFIDELITY OF THE FRENCH .
BY H . R . YORKE , Erq . HP HE fcllowing sentiments are so just , and characterize the perfidy - " - of the French in terms so express , that we doubt not but our readers will peruse them with pleasure . Tun ambition of one manLewis XIV . has been transplanted into
, the bosom of every Frenchman , and is again revived as a national characteristic . Thus they affect to listen with pleasure to propositions of peace , because they gratify their vanity , while they inspire their hopes , and feed their ambition . In tiie offers of peace , they imagine they behold the debility of their enemies ; in the denial of them' thev
fancy they display their power . Their real object is obviously to subjugate their enemies in succession , and to plunder them when subjugated . If any proofs be necessary in support of this assertion , I will refer to their solemn declarations , their constitutional codes , their manifestoes , on the one side ; and to their repeated perjuries , violent
decisions , and unexampled cruelties , on the other . For instance ; they protested , in the presence of God and the world , that they renounced ail conquests , that their only triumphs should be those of philosophy ;
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Essay On The Different States And Conditions Of Life.
nothing , through the necessity of being conversant therein for ^ t live-¦ lihood . The other misfortune is , that most of those who hnve elevated minds , from the points of useful knowledge they have acquired , and whu would be capable of the most eminent employments , seeing themselves obliged , for obtaining them , to make their court to men of too narrow conceptions for making true estimates of their merit ,
choose rather to seek out a retreat , of which the value and pleasures daily heig hten in their sight by new and engaging charms ; and they deein themselves happy for being only answerable to themselves for their studies and reflections . These may be said to be useless members of the state ; but it is the state that leaves them useless : they do not regret their acting no part therein ; they see nothing above
them but God ; they are Kings of Kings , and their liberty is instead of wealth and honours to them . Happy the man who can live like them ! but much happier is he , who , after examiniiH his taste , without flattering himself , has made choice of a state of life that suits him , and whicli he honouis by his virtues , as much as he makes it useful to the society , whereof he is a member .
On The Perfidy And Infidelity Of The French.
ON THE PERFIDY AND INFIDELITY OF THE FRENCH .
BY H . R . YORKE , Erq . HP HE fcllowing sentiments are so just , and characterize the perfidy - " - of the French in terms so express , that we doubt not but our readers will peruse them with pleasure . Tun ambition of one manLewis XIV . has been transplanted into
, the bosom of every Frenchman , and is again revived as a national characteristic . Thus they affect to listen with pleasure to propositions of peace , because they gratify their vanity , while they inspire their hopes , and feed their ambition . In tiie offers of peace , they imagine they behold the debility of their enemies ; in the denial of them' thev
fancy they display their power . Their real object is obviously to subjugate their enemies in succession , and to plunder them when subjugated . If any proofs be necessary in support of this assertion , I will refer to their solemn declarations , their constitutional codes , their manifestoes , on the one side ; and to their repeated perjuries , violent
decisions , and unexampled cruelties , on the other . For instance ; they protested , in the presence of God and the world , that they renounced ail conquests , that their only triumphs should be those of philosophy ;