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William Alexander Mackinnon. LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street - Square . PREFACE . THE favourable manner in which two edi- tions.
William Alexander Mackinnon. LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street - Square . PREFACE . THE favourable manner in which two edi- tions.
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William Alexander Mackinnon. PREFACE . THE favourable manner in which two edi- tions of the work on Public Opinion were received by the public , induced me to direct my attention to a more extensive view of the progress of Civilisation ...
William Alexander Mackinnon. PREFACE . THE favourable manner in which two edi- tions of the work on Public Opinion were received by the public , induced me to direct my attention to a more extensive view of the progress of Civilisation ...
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... Manners , and a Jealousy of Foreigners entertained . The Prince of Orange supported by nearly all Classes , even the Officials of James.- William's Desire to become absolute . He is frustrated by Public Opinion . Jealousy of the French ...
... Manners , and a Jealousy of Foreigners entertained . The Prince of Orange supported by nearly all Classes , even the Officials of James.- William's Desire to become absolute . He is frustrated by Public Opinion . Jealousy of the French ...
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... CIVILISATION IN BRITAIN . 275 Present State of Society contrasted with that of the last Century . - - Former Indecorum of Manners . - Street Outrages . · - - Deficient Police . Horrible Frequency of Capital Punish- xii CONTENTS .
... CIVILISATION IN BRITAIN . 275 Present State of Society contrasted with that of the last Century . - - Former Indecorum of Manners . - Street Outrages . · - - Deficient Police . Horrible Frequency of Capital Punish- xii CONTENTS .
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... manner , therefore , of determining the income of persons who can be placed in the several classes of society , will be ( as the value of pre- cious metals is liable to fluctuation ) to ascer- tain the number of dependents qualified for ...
... manner , therefore , of determining the income of persons who can be placed in the several classes of society , will be ( as the value of pre- cious metals is liable to fluctuation ) to ascer- tain the number of dependents qualified for ...
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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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