This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... theatrical; politic, political; practic, practical. By the term 'metaphysic,' he alludes to the Knights freeing the criminals on the ground of the abstract right to liberty, without regard to circumstances. 1. 19. spirit of liberty .... wild gas, &c. Crabbe is frequently indebted for a hint to Burke, his early patron; 'I for that freedom make, said he, my prayer, That suits with all, like atmospheric air; The lighter gas, that taken in the frame The spirit heats, and sets the blood on flame,-- Such is the freedom which when men approve, They know not what a dangerous thing they love.' Crabbe, Tales of the Hall. 1. 21. the fixed air. Then the scientific term for carbonic acid gas. The gas was discovered by Van Helmont. This name was given to it by Dr. Black, in 1755, on account of its property, discovered by him, of readily losing its elasticity, and fixing itself in many bodies, particularly those of a calcareous kind. 1. 12. the first effervescence. Cp. infra p. 187, 1. 3. 'Fixed air' is contained in great quantity in fermented liquors, to which it gives their briskness. 1. 27. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. The idea is adapted from Shakespeare: . . . . 'It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.' Merch. of Ven., Act iv. sc. 1. Flattery; adulation. Intended to express a difference between this vice as a private and as a public practice. 1. 31. Sow it had been combined with government, &c. The Second Part (p. 193 to end) is here anticipated. 1. 34. Solidity = stability. P. 10, 1. 5. do what they please. 'Mais la liberty politique ne consiste point a faire ce que Ton veut .... La liberte ne peut consister qu'a pouvoir faire ce que Ton doit vouloir.' Del'Esprit des Lois, Liv. xi. ch. 3. 1. 9. liberty . . .is p...
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