Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 3-4A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1897 |
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الصفحة 81
... the lingering public pirit of Italy . Lope sailed in the Armada ; Cervantes was wounded at Lepanto . It is curious to consider with how much awe our an cestors in those times regarded a Spaniard . He was THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 81.
... the lingering public pirit of Italy . Lope sailed in the Armada ; Cervantes was wounded at Lepanto . It is curious to consider with how much awe our an cestors in those times regarded a Spaniard . He was THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 81.
الصفحة 92
... Italians , but the eluctant Castilians and Asturians , under the dominion of a stranger . The danger against which the Parti- tion Treaty was intended to guard was precisely the same danger which afterwards was made the ground of war ...
... Italians , but the eluctant Castilians and Asturians , under the dominion of a stranger . The danger against which the Parti- tion Treaty was intended to guard was precisely the same danger which afterwards was made the ground of war ...
الصفحة 103
... Italy , in Germany , and in the Netherlands , great means were at the disposal of great generals . Mighty battles were fought . Fortress after fortress was subdued . The iron chain of the Belgian strongholds was broken . By a regular ...
... Italy , in Germany , and in the Netherlands , great means were at the disposal of great generals . Mighty battles were fought . Fortress after fortress was subdued . The iron chain of the Belgian strongholds was broken . By a regular ...
الصفحة 106
... repair without her to his Italian domin- ons , which were then menaced by the Emperor . The Queen acted as Regent , and , child as she was , seems to 1 have been quite as competent to govern the kingdom 106 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
... repair without her to his Italian domin- ons , which were then menaced by the Emperor . The Queen acted as Regent , and , child as she was , seems to 1 have been quite as competent to govern the kingdom 106 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
الصفحة 123
... Italy . That there might be some pretext for his departure , he was commis- sioned by the Archduke to raise a loan in Genoa on the credit of the revenues of Spain . From that moment to the end of the campaign the tide of fortune ran ...
... Italy . That there might be some pretext for his departure , he was commis- sioned by the Archduke to raise a loan in Genoa on the credit of the revenues of Spain . From that moment to the end of the campaign the tide of fortune ran ...
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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.