The Spirit of Despotism
The Spirit of Despotism
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It might be si^pposed, that the parties concerned were banditti, contending in a cave about the division of plunder. How are the words lord and dujie disgraced and prostituted, when prefixed to miscreants warmly enga- ged in such transaftions 1 Such men are tru- ly levellers, the. enemies of the peerage, the involuntary promoters of equality! In agree ^2 186 THE SPIRIT .
dy rapacioiisness for themselves, they f^'* get not only the good of their country and mankind, but the intere$t of their own... pri- vileged order.
When littkand base minds, like the heroes oiSubb Doddmgton^s Diary, be a rule, eve- ry thing, even religion itself, becomes an instrument of corruption. It is well under- stood by every body, that church prefer- ments, even with cure of souls^ have long been used to secure the interest of courts in venal boroughs ; but the following pas* sage contains a curious proof of it, under the liand of Lord Melcombe, and under th€f authority of the then prime minister, the Duke of Newcastle.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It might be si^pposed, that the parties concerned were banditti, contending in a cave about the division of plunder. How are the words lord and dujie disgraced and prostituted, when prefixed to miscreants warmly enga- ged in such transaftions 1 Such men are tru- ly levellers, the. enemies of the peerage, the involuntary promoters of equality! In agree ^2 186 THE SPIRIT .
dy rapacioiisness for themselves, they f^'* get not only the good of their country and mankind, but the intere$t of their own... pri- vileged order.
When littkand base minds, like the heroes oiSubb Doddmgton^s Diary, be a rule, eve- ry thing, even religion itself, becomes an instrument of corruption. It is well under- stood by every body, that church prefer- ments, even with cure of souls^ have long been used to secure the interest of courts in venal boroughs ; but the following pas* sage contains a curious proof of it, under the liand of Lord Melcombe, and under th€f authority of the then prime minister, the Duke of Newcastle.
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