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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... independence which sometimes lead them to opposition . France herself , with the ex- ception perhaps of the army , was disposed to regard the allies as deliverers , rather than as enemies . It was an era of good feelings , like that ...
... independence which sometimes lead them to opposition . France herself , with the ex- ception perhaps of the army , was disposed to regard the allies as deliverers , rather than as enemies . It was an era of good feelings , like that ...
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... independence and freedom and it will be very difficult , if not impossible , for any human power to impose upon them permanently hereafter , either the reality or the forms of tyranny . The immediate result of this division upon the ...
... independence and freedom and it will be very difficult , if not impossible , for any human power to impose upon them permanently hereafter , either the reality or the forms of tyranny . The immediate result of this division upon the ...
Strana 121
... independence in the Spanish colonies has been precipitated by the convulsions in the mother country , and is not , like our revolu- tion , a spontaneous effort , resulting from an inter- nal consciousness of capacity for self ...
... independence in the Spanish colonies has been precipitated by the convulsions in the mother country , and is not , like our revolu- tion , a spontaneous effort , resulting from an inter- nal consciousness of capacity for self ...
Strana 123
... independence for ten or twelve years , it can hardly be expected that they will abandon the prize of their own accord , at the very moment of success . It is therefore much to be wished in the interest of humanity , of the colonies ...
... independence for ten or twelve years , it can hardly be expected that they will abandon the prize of their own accord , at the very moment of success . It is therefore much to be wished in the interest of humanity , of the colonies ...
Strana 132
... independence . This would at once relieve the most numerous and civilized portion of the Christian subjects of Turkey from that detestable yoke , and would furnish a rallying point for the future efforts of the rest . The day , it may ...
... independence . This would at once relieve the most numerous and civilized portion of the Christian subjects of Turkey from that detestable yoke , and would furnish a rallying point for the future efforts of the rest . The day , it may ...
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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...
Strana 412 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
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.