The Metropolitan Magazine, المجلد 28Saunders and Otley, 1840 |
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... ancient times which in the walls and gardens of Babylon bade defiance to all assaults ) rise a second time ; the same plaster , like a meretricious cosmetic , imparts to them the same look of unfading youth ; the same dwarfish pilasters ...
... ancient times which in the walls and gardens of Babylon bade defiance to all assaults ) rise a second time ; the same plaster , like a meretricious cosmetic , imparts to them the same look of unfading youth ; the same dwarfish pilasters ...
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... ancient London ) amid historic edifices , which , as you pass under their shadows , compel into submission to their own influences all meaner or feebler associations , and say , if it ought to be an object of wonder that the popular ...
... ancient London ) amid historic edifices , which , as you pass under their shadows , compel into submission to their own influences all meaner or feebler associations , and say , if it ought to be an object of wonder that the popular ...
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... ancient associates in mischief , to attend a great meeting at the university hall , of which I was , through their kind deference , invited to occupy the chair . I sent my excuses , through the agency of my honest friend , Pippo Galli ...
... ancient associates in mischief , to attend a great meeting at the university hall , of which I was , through their kind deference , invited to occupy the chair . I sent my excuses , through the agency of my honest friend , Pippo Galli ...
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... ancient founders of the institution . Bold , incendiary speeches were delivered , plans of attack and defence proposed and discussed with raving audacity , and the ardour and alacrity of those inexperienced mutineers would hardly have ...
... ancient founders of the institution . Bold , incendiary speeches were delivered , plans of attack and defence proposed and discussed with raving audacity , and the ardour and alacrity of those inexperienced mutineers would hardly have ...
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... ancient poets , Virgil and Ovid were his favourites - the captivating sweet- ness of the one , and the elegant diffuseness of the other , charmed him , and perhaps tended to give that cast to his eloquence which was a combination of ...
... ancient poets , Virgil and Ovid were his favourites - the captivating sweet- ness of the one , and the elegant diffuseness of the other , charmed him , and perhaps tended to give that cast to his eloquence which was a combination of ...
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الصفحة 61 - Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive.
الصفحة 94 - Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's — an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame...
الصفحة 30 - I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
الصفحة 14 - Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
الصفحة 62 - As soon as several of the inhabitants of the United States have taken up an opinion or a feeling which they wish to promote in the world, they look out for mutual assistance; and as soon as they have found one another out, they combine. From that moment they are no longer isolated men, but a power seen from afar, whose actions serve for an example and whose language is listened to.
الصفحة 368 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.
الصفحة 61 - They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner they found hospitals, prisons, and schools.
الصفحة 62 - It is easy to foresee that the time is drawing near when man will be less and less able to produce, of himself alone, the commonest necessaries of life. The task of the governing power will therefore perpetually increase, and its very efforts will extend it every day.
الصفحة 63 - The first time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serious engagement ; and I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens could not content themselves with drinking water by their own firesides.
الصفحة 62 - ... manage all the speculations of productive industry. No sooner does a government attempt to go beyond its political sphere and to enter upon this new track, than it exercises, even unintentionally, an insupportable tyranny ; for a government can only dictate strict rules, the opinions which it favours are rigidly enforced, and it is never easy to discriminate between its advice and its commands. Worse still will be the case if the government really believes itself interested in preventing all...