William Henry C. Grey
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 584
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Excerpt from The Lords and the People: Or the Principles of Civil Government Illustrated, Under the Connexion of Religion With the State, and Nobility in Britain Infatuated with the plausible principles of political science, introduced by the liberal French writers, and urged on by pseudo philosophers, an nu-english spirit has obtained; and England and the English, appear no longer what they were, -they have embraced the shadow, and trodden under foot the substance, in the vain hope of attaining perfection in the art and science of government; and of extending civil liberty, by sapping the very foundation of freedom itself! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.