[49]. Mr. Bentham. See Vol. IV. The Spirit of the Age, pp. 189, et seq.
Paley’s Moral Philosophy. William Paley’s (1743–1805) Moral and Political Philosophy was published in 1785.
Tucker’s Light of Nature. Abraham Tucker’s (1705–1774) The Light of Nature Pursued (7 vols., 1768–1778) was abridged by Hazlitt. See Vol. IV. of the present edition, pp. 371–385.
[50]. The tyrant’s plea. Paradise Lost, IV. 393.
Casts its shadow before. Campbell’s Lochiel’s Warning.
[51]. The classical administration of Mr. Canning. The oratory of George Canning (1770–1827) was noted for its classical turn.
Ex uno omnes. Cf. ‘ab uno disce omnes,’ Virgil’s Æneid, II. 65–6.
What can we reason. Pope’s Essay on Man, Ep. I. 18.
[52]. A breath can mar [make] them. Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, 54.
His Social Contract. Published 1762.