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... . Practical politicians and men of the world are apt rather to resent the incursion of a man of letters into the field of politics ; he is , in truth , not on his own ground there , and is in peculiar danger of talking at random .
... . Practical politicians and men of the world are apt rather to resent the incursion of a man of letters into the field of politics ; he is , in truth , not on his own ground there , and is in peculiar danger of talking at random .
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... truth , and instituted the Land Courts with- out expecting that they would bring about any radical and universal change . If , therefore , they do bring about such a change , what , even though the Irish tenants profit by it , will be ...
... truth , and instituted the Land Courts with- out expecting that they would bring about any radical and universal change . If , therefore , they do bring about such a change , what , even though the Irish tenants profit by it , will be ...
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... truth , we have done freely enough in the past ; or whether their state is due , either in whole or in large part , to courses followed by ourselves , and not even yet 1 M. Henri Martin . 2 A writer in the République Française ...
... truth , we have done freely enough in the past ; or whether their state is due , either in whole or in large part , to courses followed by ourselves , and not even yet 1 M. Henri Martin . 2 A writer in the République Française ...
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... truths which he himself saw so clearly , and had seen all his life . In his very last years , while he was being hailed as the grand defender of thrones and altars , while George the Third thanked him for his ' Reflections on the French ...
... truths which he himself saw so clearly , and had seen all his life . In his very last years , while he was being hailed as the grand defender of thrones and altars , while George the Third thanked him for his ' Reflections on the French ...
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... truth of Goethe's criticism on us : ' Their Parliamentary parties are great opposing forces which paralyse one another , and where the superior insight of an individual can hardly break through ! ' Burke died three years before the ...
... truth of Goethe's criticism on us : ' Their Parliamentary parties are great opposing forces which paralyse one another , and where the superior insight of an individual can hardly break through ! ' Burke died three years before the ...
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Page 195 - 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 9 - 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 197 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 198 - 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 55 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 288 - We can hardly at the present day understand what Menander meant, when he told a man who inquired as to the progress of his comedy that he had finished it, not having yet written a single line, because he had constructed the action of it in his mind. A modern critic would have assured him that the merit of his piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along.
Page 291 - These other excellences were his fundamental excellences as a poet ; what distinguishes the artist from the mere amateur, says Goethe, is Architectonic^ in the highest sense ; that power of execution, which creates, forms, and constitutes : not the profoundness of single thoughts, not the richness of imagery, not the abundance of illustration.
Page 9 - I must say from all accounts, and my own observations, that the state of our fellow-countrymen in the parts I have named is worse than that of any people in the world, let alone Europe. I believe that these people are made as we are, that they are patient beyond belief, loyal, but at the same time broken-spirited and desperate, living on the verge of starvation in places where we would not keep our cattle.
Page 8 - 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 3 - I did not obey your instructions ! No, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest against your opinions with a constancy that became me. A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability.