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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... favourable or unfavourable in- fluence of the prominent political characters of the time on the progress of events ; -it is now generally admitted by observing men , that the revolution had been slowly and gradually brought about by the ...
... favourable or unfavourable in- fluence of the prominent political characters of the time on the progress of events ; -it is now generally admitted by observing men , that the revolution had been slowly and gradually brought about by the ...
Strana 21
... favourable to the preservation of permanent habits of any kind , in the individuals who are placed by character or circumstances within the sphere of its influence . The Christian world - I may say - the globe itself , ( for the ...
... favourable to the preservation of permanent habits of any kind , in the individuals who are placed by character or circumstances within the sphere of its influence . The Christian world - I may say - the globe itself , ( for the ...
Strana 22
... is almost wholly sacrificed . Such is but too often the general aspect of a revolution . I mention it , because in expressing a favourable opinion of the principles and probable results of the present efforts for political reform , 22.
... is almost wholly sacrificed . Such is but too often the general aspect of a revolution . I mention it , because in expressing a favourable opinion of the principles and probable results of the present efforts for political reform , 22.
Strana 35
... favourable prospects for the future . If any thing could afford compensation for the crimes and horrors , of which that nation has been the theatre for the last thirty years , it would be this fortunate and beneficial result . In the ...
... favourable prospects for the future . If any thing could afford compensation for the crimes and horrors , of which that nation has been the theatre for the last thirty years , it would be this fortunate and beneficial result . In the ...
Strana 52
... early adopted , that the great proprietors would be less favourable to the popular cause than the smaller , and accord- ingly the Charter itself , which was published in Under 1814 , at the time of the first restoration 52.
... early adopted , that the great proprietors would be less favourable to the popular cause than the smaller , and accord- ingly the Charter itself , which was published in Under 1814 , at the time of the first restoration 52.
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Strana 409 - 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; and all women and children scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others...
Strana 409 - ... 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 409 - ... all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not' be molested in their persons, nor shall their houses...
Strana 298 - Rousseau, which is not without a certain analogy in its forms to that of Burke. The principal of the Jesuits' college one day inquired of him by what art he had been able to write so well ;
Strana 302 - As 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.