Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes3-4A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1897 |
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... means intend to underrate or to palliate the crimes and excesses which , during the last genera tion , were produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the ...
... means intend to underrate or to palliate the crimes and excesses which , during the last genera tion , were produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the ...
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... means satisfactory . The power of the crown , it is said , was then at its height , and was in fact despotic . This solution , we own , seems to us to be no solution at all . It has long been the fashion , a fashion introduced by Mr ...
... means satisfactory . The power of the crown , it is said , was then at its height , and was in fact despotic . This solution , we own , seems to us to be no solution at all . It has long been the fashion , a fashion introduced by Mr ...
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... means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her decrees into execution , for resisting foreign enemies , and for crushing domestic treason . There was not a ward in the city , there was not a hundred in any ...
... means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her decrees into execution , for resisting foreign enemies , and for crushing domestic treason . There was not a ward in the city , there was not a hundred in any ...
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... means to be misgoverned with im- punity . The English in the sixteenth century were , beyond all doubt , a free people . They had not , indeed , the outward show of freedom ; but they had the reality . They had not as good a ...
... means to be misgoverned with im- punity . The English in the sixteenth century were , beyond all doubt , a free people . They had not , indeed , the outward show of freedom ; but they had the reality . They had not as good a ...
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... means of a great stand- ing army , under the decent forms of a republican constitution . They called themselves citizens . They inixed unceremoniously with other citizens . In theory they were only the elective magistrates of a free com ...
... means of a great stand- ing army , under the decent forms of a republican constitution . They called themselves citizens . They inixed unceremoniously with other citizens . In theory they were only the elective magistrates of a free com ...
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Página 292 - 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 309 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Página 308 - 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 86 - We very much doubt whether Lord 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 465 - To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy wa.s to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable.
Página 173 - Where the Church must needs have some ordained, and neither hath nor can have possibly a bishop to ordain, in case of such necessity the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes, and may give place. And therefore we are not simply without exception to urge a lineal descent of power from the Apostles by continued succession of bishops in every effectual ordination.
Página 358 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.