An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French…

by Mary Wollstonecraft

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Title	An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French Revolution : and the effect it has produced in ...
Author	Mary Wollstonecraft
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Tags	Politics and Government, English, 8vo
Your review	"This is a lady of a masculine, masterly understanding. Her style is nervous and clear, often elegant: though sometimes too verbose. With a little experience in public affairs and the reading and reflection which would result from it, she would have produced a history without the defects and blemishes pointed out with too much severity perhaps and too little gallantry in the notes. The improvement, the exaltation of the human character, the perfectibility of man, the perfection of the human faculties are the divine object which her enthusiasm beholds in beatific vision. Alas, how airy and baseless a fabric! Yet she will not admit of the only means that can accomplish any part of her ardent prophecies: forms of government, so mixed, combined, and balanced as to restrain the passions of all orders of men." (Inscribed on page [iv]).
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Publication	London : Printed for J. Johnson ..., 1794.
Publication date	1794
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Subjects	France › Causes. › Revolution, 1789-1799 Publishers' advertisements
Primary language eng	English
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Summary 0	An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French Revolution : and the effect it has produced in Europe by Mary Wollstonecraft (1794)
Comments	The most heavily annotated book in John Adams' library; it contains more than 10,000 words in Adams' hand. Significant annotations. Transcriptions of handwritten annotations available here. Digital Version. Adams 221.15
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Number of copies	1
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