History of Civilisation, Volumen1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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... Interest of her History . - Influence of the upper and middle Classes destroyed by the Admission of the Rabble to vote in Elections . The excessively luxurious Habits of the Romans , and their Desire for the Possession of vast Numbers ...
... Interest of her History . - Influence of the upper and middle Classes destroyed by the Admission of the Rabble to vote in Elections . The excessively luxurious Habits of the Romans , and their Desire for the Possession of vast Numbers ...
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... interests and wants of a people as public opinion grows and is disseminated , and the efficacy of this national sentiment depends , in great measure , on the relative proportion of those persons not forced to labour with the number who ...
... interests and wants of a people as public opinion grows and is disseminated , and the efficacy of this national sentiment depends , in great measure , on the relative proportion of those persons not forced to labour with the number who ...
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William Alexander Mackinnon. a guard , and without pomp , decides on the dearest interests of the citizen , trusting chiefly to the moral sentiment of the community for the execution of his decrees , is the most beauti- ful and ...
William Alexander Mackinnon. a guard , and without pomp , decides on the dearest interests of the citizen , trusting chiefly to the moral sentiment of the community for the execution of his decrees , is the most beauti- ful and ...
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... interest . Surely there will come a time when every passion shall be put upon the guard by the dread of general depravity ; when he who laughs at wickedness in his companion , shall start from it in his child : when the man who fears ...
... interest . Surely there will come a time when every passion shall be put upon the guard by the dread of general depravity ; when he who laughs at wickedness in his companion , shall start from it in his child : when the man who fears ...
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... interest } heaped upon it " in former centuries . If in the following pages it should be demonstrated that , in all countries , as civili- sation and public opinion advance , liberty and the welfare of the people are increased ; and if ...
... interest } heaped upon it " in former centuries . If in the following pages it should be demonstrated that , in all countries , as civili- sation and public opinion advance , liberty and the welfare of the people are increased ; and if ...
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2d Edition ancient ancient Egypt appear army arts Author barons bill Britain British cause century Charles Christian Church civil cloth colonies commerce conquest constitution crown desire despotic Egypt England English Engravings on Wood Europe existed favour feudal former France French Greek Henry VIII Herodotus Hist History hostilities House of Commons human Illustrations improved increase influence J. C. LOUDON James James II JOHN JOHN EDWARD GRAY King King's labour land laws liberty London Lord Lord Bolingbroke lower class Majesty manner ment middle class minister monarch moral principle morocco nation nature Parliament party peace period persons Plates political popular clamour population possessed Post 8vo prerogative present Prince Prince of Orange public opinion Queen reign religion remark Revolution Roman Rome Royal says sentiment society sovereign Star Chamber Stuarts throne tion Translated TREATISE upper class Vignette Titles vols wealth William Woodcuts writer
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Página 162 - He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 47 - And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part ; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Página 47 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Página 59 - Think not but that I know these, things, or think I know them not; not therefore am I short Of knowing what I ought: he, who receives Light from above, from the Fountain of Light, No other doctrine needs, though granted true; But these are false, or little else but dreams, Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.
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Página 46 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
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Página 192 - THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits : as take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.
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