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beggars ) j but instead of inspiring t > iem with the spirit of rebellion against our lawful Chief Magistrate , it woujd render them more peaceable subjects , eaore worthy and useful members of society , and unspeakably happier in themselves : it would confer a noble
dignity on them , to which the highest peers of the realm , even its illustrious princes , have no claim , if they do not adopt the same mode : —without this every man is a slave , however exalted may be his external rank . This however does not come to men by
hereditary succession , like the crown of the United Kingdom , but is to be attained by the individual ' s own exertions . He must acquire a signal and complete victory over those whom he is destined to rule , before he can reign in safety and in peace . Yea he must become an absolute monarch , whose will is not to be controlled , or he himself will be
led captive , and doomed to the worst kind of bondage , by those who ought to he his obedient subjects . When the latter has been the case , it has made my heart bleed , to see him degraded
from his throne * trampled as it were in the dust , treated with every mark of indignity , and made to submit to the most servile employments . What shocking scenes of riot and outrage , wretchedness and misery , have then
succeeded each other I According to the constitution ^ of our country , the people take part in the government , by their representatives chosen by thepntelves : this is a right which they may justly claim . In the other kingdom , however , to which , 1 refer , none of its
subjects , are qualified to be admitted to any share in the government $ and whenever this be done , confusion and disorder immediately ensue . That the sovereign should be the sole ruler according to his discretion s and that any indulgence granted to his subjects
should be sanctioned \> y his authority , is as necessary fpr their preservation and safety , as for his own dignity and happiness . By this time , no doubt , my sagacious readers perceive in w ^ v ai sense ev ery man may be a king , that t ] he kingdom
if within him , and that his humours and fanc ies , hia appetites and pass ions $ re his subjects , vjfrom h , e U to govern accojret ing U > H ^ Jftfft P ^ crik ^ by t * lLat && w 4 , gQ 5 W jB ^ tng ^ f fpm whom all authority emanftffy ^ u . , - ^ 1 was . lecj to tn ^ e , reflections , by " the perusal of the following linesof a
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Poem , composed by a learned and pious Divine , nearly , I believe , a cen ~ tury ago . These I shall transcribe with a little alteration . " Rex est , qui metuit nihil , Rex est , qui cupit nihil , Hoc reguum sibi quisque 4 at . "
*• What ails the mortals ! See their rage For empire , on life ' s little stage : * When he ' s a - prince , and well may vie With loudest name in monarchy , Who sways with sweet and soft control The wide dominions of his soul ; Who with a free despotic hand , Has all his passions at command ; Makes appetites and humours wait , At reason ' s throne and wisdom ' s gate : Who nothing- fears , save to molest
The spring of pea . ee within his breast } Lives unconcern'd at what may be Lock'd up in dark futurity ; Whose just desires are still coufm'd To noble treasures of the mind , Nor hunts for wealth , nor covets more
Than frugal state of-earthly store : Who thus with sails and streamers whirl * d , Rides master of the lesser world , Has more of king , and royal robe , Than he that governs half the globe . - And now what ' s strange , believe it you , 'Tis not more strange * my friend , than
true , There ' s none but may , howe'er so low f This kingdom on himself bestow—A kingdom that more pleasure sheds , , Thau all the pomp of crowned heads . A View qffieath t SL Poem , * © y J . REYXOLPS .
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Sir , Norwich * July 20 , 1810-DURING the lifetime of Dr . John Tjaylor > he was followed about the streetsv of this city ; with cries of ¦
" there goes \ the old heretick !¦ and very soon after his death Appeared a pamphlet , called The Arian and £ fa& * nian ' s Monitor , in which he was rctifijjsented aaf tossing on the waves of Jlelf , and suffering the most eicqmsite
tortures , on account of his religious opinions . ' This work has been , and yet is industriously circulated . " -. •¦ The ; MSj edition whieh I saw was . accottip ^ w ?" with an engraving , represcntrng nim ^ the situation above described ; o % m being ifhe methods which CHvutfJ » have adopted , \ H order to prevent t » c eircalatfot ! Of' his opimons , and * wn they
¦ i « - ^ h ^ mS ^ iihkt ** i Contend for " empire here bejow ?
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4 &pK Mr * E . Taylor on a Calumny on Dr . John Taylor
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 450, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/14/
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