The New-York Review, Volume 7George Dearborn & Company, 1840 |
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... England , if they were not too contemptible in numbers and character to deserve notice in a general view of the progress of mankind , were , indeed , a sort of exception ; but , surely , an exception that proves the rule , for all ...
... England , if they were not too contemptible in numbers and character to deserve notice in a general view of the progress of mankind , were , indeed , a sort of exception ; but , surely , an exception that proves the rule , for all ...
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... England , as her constitution developed itself . But in the provisions and guaranties of Magna Charta , the people at large , the many , the vast majority of the nation , in short , the conquered Anglo - Saxon race , had no interest ...
... England , as her constitution developed itself . But in the provisions and guaranties of Magna Charta , the people at large , the many , the vast majority of the nation , in short , the conquered Anglo - Saxon race , had no interest ...
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... England is the nation of Europe whose laws , whose manners , whose whole constitution of society , have been most thoroughly penetrated with the spirit of the feudal system . Yet the same England has built upon her feudal principles ...
... England is the nation of Europe whose laws , whose manners , whose whole constitution of society , have been most thoroughly penetrated with the spirit of the feudal system . Yet the same England has built upon her feudal principles ...
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... England cannot . ” * We are fully aware how many causes of a most peculiar kind , conspired to produce that marvellous system of liberty and justice , the common law , but beyond all doubt the mighty spirit and the great outlines are in ...
... England cannot . ” * We are fully aware how many causes of a most peculiar kind , conspired to produce that marvellous system of liberty and justice , the common law , but beyond all doubt the mighty spirit and the great outlines are in ...
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... England . Böckh reckons the whole number of slaves in Attica at about 365,000 , to 95,000 citizens , and 45,000 resident foreigners . * See a remarkable passage , Cic . de Legib . II . 15 , + Heeren Ideen Europaische Völker , 10 absch ...
... England . Böckh reckons the whole number of slaves in Attica at about 365,000 , to 95,000 citizens , and 45,000 resident foreigners . * See a remarkable passage , Cic . de Legib . II . 15 , + Heeren Ideen Europaische Völker , 10 absch ...
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Page 12 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost...
Page 184 - Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm, that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Page 363 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy! Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my Lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive the royal offspring of the House of Brunswick, the heirs of the Princess Sophia, of their fairest inheritance.
Page 375 - It may, by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Page 166 - ... degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied...
Page 147 - By civil rage and rancour fell. The rural pipe and merry lay No more shall cheer the happy day : No social scenes of gay delight Beguile the dreary winter night : No strains, but those of sorrow flow, And nought be heard but sounds of woe, While the pale phantoms of the slain Glide nightly o'er the silent plain.
Page 171 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 166 - ... a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit...
Page 364 - Shall this great kingdom, that has survived whole and entire the Danish depredations, the Scottish inroads, and the Norman conquest; that has stood the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada, now fall prostrate before the House of Bourbon? Surely, my lords, this nation is no longer what it was! Shall a people that seventeen years ago was the terror of the world, now stoop so low as to tell its ancient inveterate enemy, take all we have, only give us peace?
Page 70 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.