The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political, Second SeriesR. Bentley, 1836 - France |
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Page 158 - ... should not his character be under the same protection ? It is not for the sake of the individual, but for the sake of the public, that his person is under such protection ; and, in respect of the public, the imputing corruption and the perversion of justice to him, in an order made by him at his chambers, is attended with much more...
Page 320 - ... d'être appelé ou nommé aux fonctions de juré ou autres fonctions publiques , ou aux emplois de l'administration, ou d'exercer ces fonctions ou emplois ; 4° de port d'armes; 5...
Page 318 - L'attentat contre la vie ou contre la personne du Roi est puni de la peine du parricide.
Page 19 - ... arrest the attention of those to whom he was communicating new and important truths. A philosophical treatise was wanted, rather than a spirited harangue; and it was only at the fall of the Girondists, when principles were forgotten and persons were contending — less indeed to obtain the...
Page 61 - ... feeling, viz., that he is superior to all around him. Thiers I did not speak to. I was disappointed in his countenance. It was less imaginative than I had expected ; and the roguish leer in the eye was rather that of a man who was cheating at cards than playing with men. No. II. — THE YOUNG EOYALISTS.
Page 145 - The budget of the state fixed, the object is to secure its payment : and in order to understand how this is done, it is necessary to know from what sources the public revenue proceeds.
Page 131 - Tous les hommes naissent égaux et libres; aucun d'eux n'a plus de droit que les autres de faire usage de ses facultés naturelles ou acquises; ce droit, commun à tous, n'a d'autre limite que la conscience même de celui qui l'exerce, laquelle lui interdit d'en faire usage au détriment de ses semblables.
Page 319 - Quiconque, par l'un des moyens énoncés en l'article !" de la présente loi , se sera rendu coupable d'offenses envers la personne du roi , sera puni d'un emprisonnement qui ne pourra être de moins de six mois, ni excéder cinq années, et d'une amende qui ne pourra être au dessous de cinq cents francs, ni excéder dix mille francs.
Page 322 - Les signataires de chaque feuille ou livraison seront responsables de son contenu et passibles de toutes les peines portées par la loi à raison de la publication des articles ou passages incriminés , sans préjudice de la poursuite contre l'auteur ou les auteurs desdits articles ou passages, comme complices. En conséquence, les poursuites judiciaires pourront être dirigées tant contre les...
Page 17 - ... little there, and we have continued mending, and sometimes, though not frequently, adding, from casual motives of expediency. We have argued upon legislative questions as upon turnpike acts ; but, with one exception only, we have never solved the elements of society in order to recompose it. We have never taken abstract views of our form of government, and attempted to base it on general principles. Even in moments of change, we have adopted the language of Burke, and considering our constitution...