Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volúmenes3-4A.C. Armstrong & son, 1860 |
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... produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the French Revolution as radically and essentially evil on account of those crimes and excesses , we cannot but ...
... produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the French Revolution as radically and essentially evil on account of those crimes and excesses , we cannot but ...
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... produced by the Revolution had become manifest to the most prejudiced observers ; but in those wretched times when the enthusiasm had abated , and the solid advantages were not yet fully seen . It was written in the year 1799 , -a year ...
... produced by the Revolution had become manifest to the most prejudiced observers ; but in those wretched times when the enthusiasm had abated , and the solid advantages were not yet fully seen . It was written in the year 1799 , -a year ...
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... produced greater good to mankind than was produced by their fierce and senseless temerity . Demolition is undoubt- edly a vulgar task ; the highest glory of the statesman is to construct . But there is a time for every thing , a time to ...
... produced greater good to mankind than was produced by their fierce and senseless temerity . Demolition is undoubt- edly a vulgar task ; the highest glory of the statesman is to construct . But there is a time for every thing , a time to ...
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... produced that revolution . Why was the French Revolution so bloody and destructive ? Why was our revolution of 1641 comparatively mild ? Why was our revolution of 1688 milder still ? Why was the American Revolution , considered as an ...
... produced that revolution . Why was the French Revolution so bloody and destructive ? Why was our revolution of 1641 comparatively mild ? Why was our revolution of 1688 milder still ? Why was the American Revolution , considered as an ...
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... produced on an armed and victorious body ! If , after the 10th of August , or after the proscription of the Gironde , or after the 9th of Thermidor , or after the carnage of Vendèmiaire , or after the arrests of Fruc- tidor , any ...
... produced on an armed and victorious body ! If , after the 10th of August , or after the proscription of the Gironde , or after the 9th of Thermidor , or after the carnage of Vendèmiaire , or after the arrests of Fruc- tidor , any ...
Términos y frases comunes
absurd apostolical succession appeared army authority Bacon Bengal Catholic century character Charles Christian Church of England Church of Rome Clive command Company conduct considered Council Court Crown declared doctrines Duke Dupleix effect empire enemies English Europe evil favour Fort St fortune France French Gladstone Gladstone's honour House of Bourbon House of Commons human hundred India judge King learned Lewis Lord Lord Mahon means Meer Jaffier ment mind ministers moral Nabob nation nature never Novum Organum object Omichund opinion Opposition Parliament party peace persecution person philosophy Pitt Plato political Prince principles produced Protestant Queen question reform reign religion religious respect Revolution scarcely seems Shaftesbury Sir James Mackintosh society soldiers sovereign Spain spirit statesman succession talents Temple thing thought thousand tion took Tory treaty truth Walpole Whigs whole
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Página 276 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 325 - I live a rent-charge on his providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express ; You merit more, nor could my love do less.
Página 472 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 72 - Mahon can prove that the income which the Spanish government derived from the mines of America fluctuated more than the income derived from the internal taxes of Spain itself. All the causes of the decay of Spain resolve themselves into one cause, bad government.
Página 472 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Página 234 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Página 321 - ... converse which we hold with the highest of human intellects. That placid intercourse is disturbed by no jealousies or resentments. These are the old friends who are never seen with new faces, who are the same in wealth and in poverty, in glory and in obscurity. With the dead there is no rivalry. In the dead there is no change. Plato is never sullen. Cervantes is never petulant. Demosthenes never comes unseasonably. Dante never stays too long. No difference of political opinion can alienate Cicero....
Página 68 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Página 443 - ... of business; it has enabled man to descend to the depths of the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.
Página 472 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.