 I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious ; and now methinks I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading, and a general amendment beginning in human affairs — the dominion of kings changed for the dominion of...  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 243by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Robert M. Ryan - 1997 - 324 pages
...being effected in France: "And now, methinks, I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience. Tremble all ye oppressors of the world! Take warning all ye supporters of slavish governments and slavish... | |
 | John Avery - 1997 - 194 pages
...states. 'And now'. Price concluded, 'methinks I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the dominion of kings changed to the dominion of laws; the dominion of priests changed to the dominion of reason and conscience.'... | |
 | Marilyn Morris - 1998 - 252 pages
...National Assembly. Price confidently predicted that liberty would spread; events in France heralded "a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience." As Price warmed to his subject, his language became more punchy: "Tremble all ye oppressors of the... | |
 | Ian McBride - 1998 - 296 pages
...demonstrates how closely civil and religious liberty were intertwined in the Dissenting mind. Price envisaged 'the dominion of kings changed for the dominion of...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience' .6 It was this linkage of England's Dissenting tradition with the assault on the old order in France... | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - 2000 - 600 pages
...and King, the framework of a hierarchical social order. The spectacle of France persuaded Price of 'a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience'. 28 '1 Such language brought him close to the position of the aggressive Socinian, Priestley. However... | |
 | Stephen Miller - 2001 - 226 pages
...improvement."45 The French Revolution convinced him that "the ardor for liberty [was] catching and spreading, a general amendment beginning in human affairs, the...of priests giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience."46 Alan Ryan contrasts Price's "rational love of country" in "A Discourse on the Love of... | |
 | Steven P. Sondrup, Virgil Nemoianu, Gerald Gillespie - 2004 - 500 pages
...himself to his subjects.... And now, methinks, I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience .... Tremble all ye oppressors of the world! ... Restore to mankind their rights: and consent to the... | |
 | Ian Ward - 2004 - 227 pages
...'friends', Richard Price, observed: And now methinks I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading, a general amendment beginning in human affairs, the...of priests giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience.100 The 'gift of liberty', as John Thelwall's journal The Tribune kept reminding its readers,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 2004 - 336 pages
...catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the dominion of kings charged for the dominion of laws, and the dominion of priests...ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defence! The times are auspicious. Your labours have not been in vain. Behold kingdoms, admonished by you, starting... | |
 | Michael O'Neill, Mark Sandy - 2006 - 362 pages
...being effected in France: "And now, methinks, I see the ardour for liberty catching and spreading; a general amendment beginning in human affairs; the...giving way to the dominion of reason and conscience. Tremble all ye oppressors of the world! Take warning all ye supporters of slavish governments and slavish... | |
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