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... strong conviction that the only sound foun- dation for a theory of Government must be laid in careful and copious historical induction ; and he believed that Mr. Mill's work rested upon a vicious reasoning a priori . Upon this point he ...
... strong conviction that the only sound foun- dation for a theory of Government must be laid in careful and copious historical induction ; and he believed that Mr. Mill's work rested upon a vicious reasoning a priori . Upon this point he ...
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... strong suspicions . " thing connected with him . " " Except his sister , Servilia . " Danger ! " repeated Cæsar , with a short , fierce , disdainful laugh : " what danger do you apprehend ? " " That you should best know , " said ...
... strong suspicions . " thing connected with him . " " Except his sister , Servilia . " Danger ! " repeated Cæsar , with a short , fierce , disdainful laugh : " what danger do you apprehend ? " " That you should best know , " said ...
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... strong jealousy of their pro- ceedings . Their society can be innocent only while it continues to be despicable . Should they ever possess the power to encourage merit , they must also possess the power to depress it . Which power will ...
... strong jealousy of their pro- ceedings . Their society can be innocent only while it continues to be despicable . Should they ever possess the power to encourage merit , they must also possess the power to depress it . Which power will ...
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... strong feeling , nothing which tends to ledged that this eminent writer has excite it . Many fine thoughts and fine sometimes pushed too far his idolatry expressions reward the toil of reading . of Dante . To borrow a sprightly illus ...
... strong feeling , nothing which tends to ledged that this eminent writer has excite it . Many fine thoughts and fine sometimes pushed too far his idolatry expressions reward the toil of reading . of Dante . To borrow a sprightly illus ...
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... strong and unfortunate passion , which , long after the death of her whom he loved , continued to haunt him . Dissi- pation , ambition , misfortunes had not effaced it . He was not only a sincere , but a passionate , believer . The ...
... strong and unfortunate passion , which , long after the death of her whom he loved , continued to haunt him . Dissi- pation , ambition , misfortunes had not effaced it . He was not only a sincere , but a passionate , believer . The ...
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Página 86 - ... man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I was never at a play in London, yet I have seen acting before in the country; and the king for my money; he speaks all his words distinctly, half as loud again as the other. — Anybody may see he is an actor.
Página 125 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 304 - When a murmuring sound broke out, and swelled into a shout Among the godless horsemen upon the tyrant's right. And hark! like the roar of the billows on the shore, The cry of battle rises along their charging line! For God! for the cause! — for the Church! for the laws!
Página 304 - And hark ! like the roar of the billows on the shore, The cry of battle rises along their charging line ! For God ! for the Cause ! for the Church ! for the Laws ! For Charles King of England, and Rupert of the Rhine! The furious German comes, with his clarions and his drums, His bravoes of Alsatia, and pages of Whitehall; They are bursting on our flanks. Grasp your pikes, close your ranks; For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall.
Página 312 - To my true king I offered free from stain Courage and faith ; vain faith, and courage vain. For him, I threw lands, honours, wealth, away, And one dear hope, that was more prized than they. For him I languished in a foreign clime, Grey-haired with sorrow in my manhood's prime ; Heard on Lavernia Scargill's whispering trees, And pined by Arno for my lovelier Tees ; Beheld each night my home...
Página 86 - He the best player ! cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, Why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you...
Página 304 - And crimson was the juice of the vintage that we trod ; For we trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places, and slew the saints of God. It was about the noon of a glorious day...
Página 175 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark — that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Página 313 - Scargill's whispering trees, And pined by Arno for my lovelier Tees; Beheld each night my home in fevered sleep, Each morning started from the dream to weep; Till God, who saw me tried too sorely, gave The resting-place I asked, an early grave.
Página 262 - ... gross disrespect. The needy scholar was generally to be seen under the gate of Pembroke, a gate now adorned with his effigy, haranguing a circle of lads, over whom, in spite of his tattered gown and dirty linen, his wit and audacity gave him an undisputed ascendency. In every mutiny against the discipline of the college he .; was the ringleader. Much was pardoned, however, to a youth so highly" distinguished by abilities and acquirements. He had early made himself known by , turning Pope's Messiah...