Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Band 2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 Seiten |
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... executed ! How many webs of secret intrigue to be unrav- elled ! How many wars just begun to be brought to a close ! How many moves still to be made upon the great political chess - board ! In vain he begs for a short respite : ' Oh ...
... executed ! How many webs of secret intrigue to be unrav- elled ! How many wars just begun to be brought to a close ! How many moves still to be made upon the great political chess - board ! In vain he begs for a short respite : ' Oh ...
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... execution . This independent state was , however , to make its debut in the world under the protection of Russia , and it was expected that the necessary pecuniary disbursements would be readily made in this quarter , in consideration ...
... execution . This independent state was , however , to make its debut in the world under the protection of Russia , and it was expected that the necessary pecuniary disbursements would be readily made in this quarter , in consideration ...
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... , which the writer had . attempted in vain to execute . After laboring many years in collecting materials for this work , he abandoned the plan ; and although he afterwards regretted that he had LIFE OF BERNARDIN DE ST PIERRE . 93.
... , which the writer had . attempted in vain to execute . After laboring many years in collecting materials for this work , he abandoned the plan ; and although he afterwards regretted that he had LIFE OF BERNARDIN DE ST PIERRE . 93.
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... executed , the foundations of good conduct . Some errors of this kind are more injurious than others , and the most extravagant are the least dangerous , because the least likely to impose upon the feelings . The attempt in the play we ...
... executed , the foundations of good conduct . Some errors of this kind are more injurious than others , and the most extravagant are the least dangerous , because the least likely to impose upon the feelings . The attempt in the play we ...
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... executing his intentions . For fear of this , he determined upon a bolder step , and took his de- parture privately without leave . This proceeding , which in technical language amounted to desertion , might have been productive of ...
... executing his intentions . For fear of this , he determined upon a bolder step , and took his de- parture privately without leave . This proceeding , which in technical language amounted to desertion , might have been productive of ...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To Which Are Added a Few Poems, Band 2 Alexander Hill Everett Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 205 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Seite 205 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Seite 208 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Seite 402 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Seite 458 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Seite 316 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 246 - WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May...
Seite 208 - She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Seite 315 - Ancient learning, exact science, polished society, modern literature, and the fine arts, contributed to adorn and enrich the mind of this accomplished man. All his contemporaries agreed with the satirist in ascribing To Berkeley every virtue under heaven.
Seite 56 - J'écoute avec attention ; je n'entends plus rien ; je crois que c'est un songe. Mais un instant après mon oreille fut frappée du son du même instrument et de la même voix qui chantait les vers suivants : Ay de mi ! un ano felice Parece un soplo ligero ; Pero sin dicha, un instante Es un siglo de tormento.