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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... industry , wealth , and knowledge ; or , in one word , of civilisation . This change in the state of society was the real revolution ; and this had been accomplished a long time before the events occurred to which the name is commonly ...
... industry , wealth , and knowledge ; or , in one word , of civilisation . This change in the state of society was the real revolution ; and this had been accomplished a long time before the events occurred to which the name is commonly ...
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... industry and wealth , another class of proprietors had grown up in the community , generally more intelligent than the landholders , and certainly as strongly interested in the proper administration of the public affairs . Had the ...
... industry and wealth , another class of proprietors had grown up in the community , generally more intelligent than the landholders , and certainly as strongly interested in the proper administration of the public affairs . Had the ...
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... industry , been less pow- erful and active than it was , they must have sunk under the load of so much oppression and con- tumely ; and Europe would now have been gro- velling in the barbarism of the earliest feudal times : or more ...
... industry , been less pow- erful and active than it was , they must have sunk under the load of so much oppression and con- tumely ; and Europe would now have been gro- velling in the barbarism of the earliest feudal times : or more ...
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... industry , wealth , and knowledge , it is easy to ealculate with suf- ficient probability the respective strength of the interests which it brings into collision , and which C we see in various countries engaged in one form or ...
... industry , wealth , and knowledge , it is easy to ealculate with suf- ficient probability the respective strength of the interests which it brings into collision , and which C we see in various countries engaged in one form or ...
Strana 18
... progress of civilization . The hap- piness of all classes is alike promoted by the aug- mentation of industry , in its several branches of agriculture , commerce , and manufactures ; by the additional 18 INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS .
... progress of civilization . The hap- piness of all classes is alike promoted by the aug- mentation of industry , in its several branches of agriculture , commerce , and manufactures ; by the additional 18 INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS .
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administration adopted affairs allies ancient appear Austria balance of power barbarous Britain British Burke cabinet cause character Châteaubriand circumstances civilization commerce common congress Congress of Vienna constitution contrary course danger despotism Duke of Berry Edinburgh Review effect emigrants emperor empire enemies England established estates European existing favour foreign France French French revolution friends of liberty Germany house of deputies house of peers immediate important independence industry influence interest Italy king kingdom late liberal party measure mediatised ment military ministers ministry nation natural neutral object obtained operation opinion opposition parliament partition of Poland perhaps period politics of Europe population practice present pretensions Price probably progress proprietors racter reform regard remarkable result revolution royal Russia society sovereigns Spain spirit sufficient superior supposed thing tical tion union United Vols wealth west of Europe whigs whole wholly Wurtemberg
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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.