Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
English poetry; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Poetry; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
_Anti-Jacobin Review_, reason of adopting that title, 1;
plan of, 3;
proposes to counteract Jacobinical criticism, 5;
preface of, to reviewers reviewed, 55;
object, 56;
observations of, on the constitution, 60;
prophesies the destruction of the French fleet by Nelson, 123;
opinion of, on obedience to constituted authorities, 61;
opinion of duelling, 153;
declaration of political principles, 166;
discusses Locke’s _Opinions on Government_, 167;
explains the duty of obedience, 169;
defines the constitution to be what is actually constituted, 170;
opinion of, on pulpit politics, 304;
political creed of, 314;
illustrated and enforced, _ib._;
states the reciprocal duties of sovereign and subject, _ib._;
principles of, 315;
exposes the Anti-Christian doctrines of the Monthly Reviewers, 316;
canvasses the opinions of Dr. Geddes, 318;
character of La Fayette, 345;
declares the _Letter to the Church of England_ the text book of its
principles, 402;
recommends to the Bishops to suppress schism among the established
clergy, _ib._;
admonishes Mr. Wansey, on his insolent and foolish letter to the
Bishop of Salisbury, 415;
admonishes fathers of families to discountenance Jacobinical
writings, 434;
proves the authenticity of Scriptures against Socinians and _Deists_,
439;
abused by the _Literary Census_, 667;
reason of the abuse, its support of the Constitution, _ib._
Aristotle, Gillies’s translation of, reviewed, 253;
fate of his writings, 255;
life of, 257;
analysis of his speculative works, 258;
error of these works, _ib._;
organon, 261;
misunderstood by the school-men, _ib._;
his zoology, the most perfect of his works, 387;
sagacious discoveries and comprehensive knowledge, _ib._;
searches too much for efficient causes, 389;
ethics and politics, part of the same general system, 390;
analysis of happiness, virtue, and habit, 391;
application of principles, 392;
jurisprudence, 393;
social affection, 394;
importance of his work at present, 395;
inculcates the necessity of subordination, 396;
anticipates Adam Smith, 397;
demonstrates the absurdity of the levelling system, _ib._;
the folly of hasty innovations, _ib._ _See_ Gillies.
His opinions on commerce, 513;
honoured agriculture more than trade, 516;
had he lived in Britain, might have thought differently, _ib._;
the SAGE THINKS THE FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION THE FIRST IN DIGNITY,
_ib._;
doctrines on education little more than copied by succeeding writers,
517;
tests of good government, 518;
refutes the absurd opinion that all men are fitted to govern, 519;
sentiments on demagogues and faction, _ib._;
illustrated in the Corresponding Societies and Whig Club, 520;
admirable book on sedition and revolutions, _ib._;
addresses the WILL, as well as the UNDERSTANDING, 523.
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