The Nineteenth Century, Volume 9Henry S. King & Company, 1881 - Nineteenth century |
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... possible that France , which has pre- viously been the originator of great revolutionary troubles , might on the present occasion suffer less than other nations . But the ques- tions at issue are those which most stir men's minds ...
... possible that France , which has pre- viously been the originator of great revolutionary troubles , might on the present occasion suffer less than other nations . But the ques- tions at issue are those which most stir men's minds ...
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... possible cases ; they are the necessary result of the interaction of two chief factors , viz .: Physical external conditions and the constitution of human nature , and so must vary with local variations in the two factors , and the ...
... possible cases ; they are the necessary result of the interaction of two chief factors , viz .: Physical external conditions and the constitution of human nature , and so must vary with local variations in the two factors , and the ...
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... constant tendency of the new landlords was to push up the quit rents to rack rents , so as to transfer to the landlord as much as possible of that one - third which Sir W. Petty put down as HISTORICAL CLAIMS OF TENANT RIGHT . 29.
... constant tendency of the new landlords was to push up the quit rents to rack rents , so as to transfer to the landlord as much as possible of that one - third which Sir W. Petty put down as HISTORICAL CLAIMS OF TENANT RIGHT . 29.
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... possible future is surely a far more hopeful one . Coun- teract these peculiar tendencies by a firm resolve to follow that policy which is really economically sound . Resist the temptation artificially to provide for the maintenance of ...
... possible future is surely a far more hopeful one . Coun- teract these peculiar tendencies by a firm resolve to follow that policy which is really economically sound . Resist the temptation artificially to provide for the maintenance of ...
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... possible - the government of the Second Empire in France or the rule of Austria in Lombardy ; did any sane Liberals contend that assas- sination , with which Napoleon III . was repeatedly menaced , and which struck at many Austrian ...
... possible - the government of the Second Empire in France or the rule of Austria in Lombardy ; did any sane Liberals contend that assas- sination , with which Napoleon III . was repeatedly menaced , and which struck at many Austrian ...
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Page 103 - Faintly as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Page 740 - When the Priest, standing before the table, hath so ordered the bread and wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the bread before the people, and take the cup into his hands...
Page 635 - But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Page 685 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 740 - THE blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life!
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Page 685 - But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.
Page 760 - Yet these commonplace people — many of them — bear a conscience, and have felt the sublime prompting to do the painful right ; they have their unspoken sorrows, and their sacred joys; their hearts have perhaps gone out towards their first-born, and they have mourned over the irreclaimable dead. Nay, is there not a pathos in their very insignificance,- — in our comparison of their dim and narrow existence with the glorious possibilities of that human nature which they share...
Page 786 - When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now.
Page 685 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...