 I ever abominated that scheme of politics (now about thirty years old) of setting up a monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the possessors of the soil are the...  Swiftiana ... - Page 46edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...opposition to the landed, and conceives that there cannot be a truer maxim in our government, than that the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. He contends that he had never discovered by his words, writings, or actions, any party virulence or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...opposition to the landed, and conceives that there cannot be a truer maxim in our government, than that the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. He contends that he had never discovered by his words, writings, or actions, any party virulence or... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Critics - 1836 - 286 pages
...moneyed interest in opposition to the landed : for I conceived there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this — that the possessors of the...judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. * * » - . * "I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Critics - 1836 - 270 pages
...to the landed: for I conceived there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this—that the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. » * » * " I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 480 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the possessors of the soil...neither have been felt nor heard of. I could never discover the necessity of suspending any law upon which the liberty of the most innocent persons depended... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 pages
...cannot be a truer maxim in our - Vide Letters between Mr. Pope and others, No. XXXIII. government, than that the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. He contends that he had never discovered by his words, writings, or actions, any party virulence or... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 274 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed : for I conceived there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, — that the possessors of the...judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom. * * * * * * " I -have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 532 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed ; for I conceived there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this : That the possessors of the...projects would neither have been felt nor heard of. 1 It might be .supposed that Swift had never heard of a foreign enemy, or of the rebellion of 1715,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 540 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed ; for I conceived there could not \ be a truer maxim in our government than this : That the possessors of the...the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom.1 If others had thought the same way, funds of credit and South Sea projects would neither... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 606 pages
...monied interest in opposition to the landed ; for I conceived there could not he a truer maxim in our government than this : That the possessors of the...the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom.3 If others had thought the same way, funds of credit and South Sea projects would neither... | |
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