Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 3-4A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1897 |
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الصفحة 54
... look at the magnitude of the reform , it may well be called a revolution . If we look at the means by which it has been effected , it is merely an act of Parliament , regularly brought in , read , committed , and passed . In the whole ...
... look at the magnitude of the reform , it may well be called a revolution . If we look at the means by which it has been effected , it is merely an act of Parliament , regularly brought in , read , committed , and passed . In the whole ...
الصفحة 59
... look above his shoe - tie . His public character has been scrutinized by men free from the hopes and fears of Boileau and Molière . In the grave , the most majestic of princes is only five feet eight . In history , the hero and the ...
... look above his shoe - tie . His public character has been scrutinized by men free from the hopes and fears of Boileau and Molière . In the grave , the most majestic of princes is only five feet eight . In history , the hero and the ...
الصفحة 69
... look , they saw only the tyranny of one class and the degradation of another , - Frank and Gaul , knight and villein , gentleman and roturier . They hated the monarchy , the church , the nobility . They cared nothing for the States or ...
... look , they saw only the tyranny of one class and the degradation of another , - Frank and Gaul , knight and villein , gentleman and roturier . They hated the monarchy , the church , the nobility . They cared nothing for the States or ...
الصفحة 70
... look to those insti- tutions . In 1830 their rallying cry was Vive la Charte . In 1789 they had nothing but theories round which to rally . They had seen social distinctions only in a bal form ; and it was therefore natural that they ...
... look to those insti- tutions . In 1830 their rallying cry was Vive la Charte . In 1789 they had nothing but theories round which to rally . They had seen social distinctions only in a bal form ; and it was therefore natural that they ...
الصفحة 79
... look with great dread on the maritime power of Philip . The King of Spain , " said the Lord Keeper to the two Houses in 1593 , " since he hath usurped upon the kingdom of Portugal , hath thereby grown mighty by gaining the East Indies ...
... look with great dread on the maritime power of Philip . The King of Spain , " said the Lord Keeper to the two Houses in 1593 , " since he hath usurped upon the kingdom of Portugal , hath thereby grown mighty by gaining the East Indies ...
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الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.