History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1855 - Europe |
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... former habitations . As the history of a period fraught with such momentous changes , and distinguish- ed by such ceaseless and rapid progress , as that which is undertaken in this work , of necessity brings the author in contact with ...
... former habitations . As the history of a period fraught with such momentous changes , and distinguish- ed by such ceaseless and rapid progress , as that which is undertaken in this work , of necessity brings the author in contact with ...
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... former work . This is second is , when a subject has been once an account of Literature , Manners , the introduced , and the opposite arguments Arts , and social changes in the principal fully given , to dismiss it afterward with a ...
... former work . This is second is , when a subject has been once an account of Literature , Manners , the introduced , and the opposite arguments Arts , and social changes in the principal fully given , to dismiss it afterward with a ...
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... Views on this Subject . -Great Effects of any Variation in the Value of the Standard of Value . - Examples of this from former Times . - Discovery and wonderful Effects - - France . Rise of Carbonarism in France . xii CONTENTS .
... Views on this Subject . -Great Effects of any Variation in the Value of the Standard of Value . - Examples of this from former Times . - Discovery and wonderful Effects - - France . Rise of Carbonarism in France . xii CONTENTS .
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... former patience in privation , her fortitude in suffering ; and the one only na- tion which , throughout the struggle , had been unconquered , at length stood foremost in the fight , and struck the final and decisive blow for the ...
... former patience in privation , her fortitude in suffering ; and the one only na- tion which , throughout the struggle , had been unconquered , at length stood foremost in the fight , and struck the final and decisive blow for the ...
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... former days , from the throne , actually followed in Great Britain . But many but from the cottage ; the persons who urged it causes had conspired , at that period , to prepare on were not kings or their ministers : they were the public ...
... former days , from the throne , actually followed in Great Britain . But many but from the cottage ; the persons who urged it causes had conspired , at that period , to prepare on were not kings or their ministers : they were the public ...
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Page 346 - Save that country that you may continue to adorn it— save the Crown which is in jeopardy — the Aristocracy which is shaken — save the Altar which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred Throne ! You have said, my Lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She has, instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications...
Page 17 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 270 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, 'This chief transcends his father's fame.' While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
Page 346 - ... from the roots and the stem of the tree. Save that country, that you may continue to adorn it; save the crown, which is in jeopardy; the aristocracy which is shaken; save the altar, which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred throne!
Page 353 - This day has shown me that I am beloved by my Irish subjects. Rank, station, honours, are nothing; but to feel. that I live in the hearts of my Irish subjects, is to me the most exalted happiness.
Page 331 - Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Page 131 - Whatever withdraws us from the dominion of the senses — whatever makes the past, the distant, and the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings...
Page 117 - I well remember, when the near and dear relation alluded to was a child, I observed to some friends that the man who discharged his duty to his country in the manner Mr Pitt had done, was...
Page 361 - If distress bordering upon famine, if misery bursting forth in insurrection, and all the other symptoms of wretchedness, discontent, and difficulty, are to be taken as symptoms of pressure upon the people; then I should say that 1812 and 1817 were two years of which no good man can ever wish to witness the like again...
Page 96 - Utter boldly and spread widely through the world the thoughts of the coming apostles of the people's liberty, till the sound that cheers the desert shall thrill through the heart of humanity, and the lips of the messenger of the people's power, as he stands in beauty upon the mountains, shall proclaim the renovating tidings of equal freedom for the race...