Europe: Or, A General Survey of the Present Situation of the Principal Powers; with Conjectures on Their Future ProspectsO. Everett, 1822 - 451 strán (strany) |
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... foreign countries the most salutary and useful innovations . And in these enterprises , they carry with them the whole weight of the communities they respectively govern , which , in their present state of civilization , are nothing ...
... foreign countries the most salutary and useful innovations . And in these enterprises , they carry with them the whole weight of the communities they respectively govern , which , in their present state of civilization , are nothing ...
Strana 68
... foreign powers that he was immedi- ately indebted for his throne ; and it was impossible in such a situation not to listen with some degree of complacency and deference to their suggestions in regard to his political conduct ...
... foreign powers that he was immedi- ately indebted for his throne ; and it was impossible in such a situation not to listen with some degree of complacency and deference to their suggestions in regard to his political conduct ...
Strana 73
... they took the true national position , in regard to foreign powers . They resisted the hard conditions imposed upon France by the new treaty , and firmly refused to sign it . As the allies persisted in their demands FRANCE . 73.
... they took the true national position , in regard to foreign powers . They resisted the hard conditions imposed upon France by the new treaty , and firmly refused to sign it . As the allies persisted in their demands FRANCE . 73.
Strana 77
... foreign invasion . Hence , as far as they deviate from a true national policy , in order to observe what they call neutrality , they make themselves in fact the lieutenants of foreign and essentially hostile powers , instead of the ...
... foreign invasion . Hence , as far as they deviate from a true national policy , in order to observe what they call neutrality , they make themselves in fact the lieutenants of foreign and essentially hostile powers , instead of the ...
Strana 78
... foreign countries against that of our own , are rarely admitted as sufficient apologies . In the year 1816 , following the first adoption of the system in question , there arose in the cabinet a strong apparent inclination towards a ...
... foreign countries against that of our own , are rarely admitted as sufficient apologies . In the year 1816 , following the first adoption of the system in question , there arose in the cabinet a strong apparent inclination towards a ...
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Strana 371 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Strana 371 - ... whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Strana 372 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Strana 369 - ... nee erit alia lex Romae, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna et immutabilis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium deus, ille legis huius inventor, disceptator, lator; cui qui non parebit, ipse se fugiet ac naturam hominis aspernatus hoc ipso luet maximas poenas, etiamsi cetera supplicia, quae putantur, effugerit...
Strana 372 - ... and all merchant and trading vessels employed in exchanging the products of different places, and thereby rendering the necessaries, conveniences, and comforts of human life more easy to be obtained and more general, shall be allowed to pass free and unmolested ; and neither of the contracting powers shall grant or issue any commission to any private armed vessels, empowering them to take or destroy such trading vessels, or interrupt such commerce.
Strana 270 - Such a writer as Cumberland, for example, who stands infinitely below Burke on the scale of intellect, may yet be regarded as his equal or superior in purely literary accomplishments, taken in this exclusive sense. The style of Burke is undoubtedly one of the most splendid forms in which the English language has ever been exhibited. It displays the happy and difficult union of all the richness and magnificence that good taste admits, with a perfectly easy construction. In Burke we see the manly movement...
Strana 271 - ... we admire in Burke, as in a fine antique statue, the grace with which the large flowing robe adapts itself to the majestic dignity of the person. But with all his literary excellence, the peculiar merits of this great man were, perhaps, the faculty of profound and philosophical thought, and the moral courage which led him to disregard personal inconvenience in the expression of his sentiments. Deep thought is the informing soul that everywhere sustains and inspires the imposing grandeur of his...
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Strana 275 - ... regards merely the use of unpremeditated language, it is far from being a difficult attainment. A writer, whose opportunities of observation give weight to his opinion, says, in speaking of the style of the younger Pitt, " This profuse and interminable flow of words is not in itself either a rare or remarkable endowment. It is wholly a thing of habit, and is exercised by every village lawyer with various degrees of power and grace.
Strana 272 - ... of eloquence demands the union of the noblest qualities of character as well as intellect. To think is the highest exercise of the mind ; to say what you think, the boldest effort of moral courage ; and both these things are required for a really powerful writer. Eloquence without thoughts is a mere parade of words; and no man can express with spirit and vigour any thoughts but his own.