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... opinion firmly held by a great body of his country- He will take for granted , that for any opinion which has struck deep root among a people so powerful , so successful , and so well worthy of respect as the people of this country ...
... opinion firmly held by a great body of his country- He will take for granted , that for any opinion which has struck deep root among a people so powerful , so successful , and so well worthy of respect as the people of this country ...
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... opinions , still less to set on foot and fully equip a new theory . In offering , therefore , the thoughts 1 Correspondance entre le Comte de Mirabeau et le Comte de la Marck , publiée par M. de Bacourt , Paris , 1851 , vol . ii . p ...
... opinions , still less to set on foot and fully equip a new theory . In offering , therefore , the thoughts 1 Correspondance entre le Comte de Mirabeau et le Comte de la Marck , publiée par M. de Bacourt , Paris , 1851 , vol . ii . p ...
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... opinions and acts might differ , what they said and did had the stamp and style imparted by this culture , and by a common and elevated social condition . Aristocratical bodies have no taste for a very imposing executive , or for a very ...
... opinions and acts might differ , what they said and did had the stamp and style imparted by this culture , and by a common and elevated social condition . Aristocratical bodies have no taste for a very imposing executive , or for a very ...
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... opinion , it at the same time maintained and estab- lished this right as a universal principle , —has been invaluable . But the actual results of this negative intellectual service rendered by Protestant Dissent , — by the middle class ...
... opinion , it at the same time maintained and estab- lished this right as a universal principle , —has been invaluable . But the actual results of this negative intellectual service rendered by Protestant Dissent , — by the middle class ...
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... opinion , the collective energy and intelligence of his nation . By treating them as men on whom all this devolves to do , to their honour if they do it well , to their shame if they do it ill , one probably augments their faculty of ...
... opinion , the collective energy and intelligence of his nation . By treating them as men on whom all this devolves to do , to their honour if they do it well , to their shame if they do it ill , one probably augments their faculty of ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...