It is a melancholy reflection, that the spirit of melioration which has been going on in that part of Europe, more or less, during this century, and the various schemes very lately on foot for further advancement, are all put a stop to at once.
Burke laments the halt of progressive movements in Europe due to recent events.
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Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that have reigned before the Revolution, and consequently to stain the throne of England with the blot of a continual usurpation?
But the course of succession is the healthy habit of the British Constitution.
Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.
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