"Hence Princes generally neglect nothing which may bring luxury into esteem: they recommend it by their example; they display every where pageantry and magnificence, and are the first to sow in the minds of their subjects those seeds of corruption."
— Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart
Date
1774
Metaphor
"Hence Princes generally neglect nothing which may bring luxury into esteem: they recommend it by their example; they display every where pageantry and magnificence, and are the first to sow in the minds of their subjects those seeds of corruption."
Metaphor in Context
By concealing with flowers the chains which are prepared for us, they extinguish in our souls the sense of liberty, and make us in love with servitude.
Hence Princes generally neglect nothing which may bring luxury into esteem: they recommend it by their example; they display every where pageantry and magnificence, and are the first to sow in the minds of their subjects those seeds of corruption.
(p. 25)
Hence Princes generally neglect nothing which may bring luxury into esteem: they recommend it by their example; they display every where pageantry and magnificence, and are the first to sow in the minds of their subjects those seeds of corruption.
(p. 25)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1774).
See Chains of Slavery: A Work Wherein the Clandestine and Villainous attempts of Princes to Ruin Liberty are Pointed Out. (London: Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart, 1774). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Chains of Slavery: A Work Wherein the Clandestine and Villainous attempts of Princes to Ruin Liberty are Pointed Out. (London: Printed for T. Becket; T. Payne; J. Almon; and Richardson & Urquhart, 1774). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
