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... mind less ready and the old fire of the glance already nearly extinct , -appear in the midst of us and bid , as it were , a last farewell to the Academy which was to see him no more . He was indeed the effectual defender of political ...
... mind less ready and the old fire of the glance already nearly extinct , -appear in the midst of us and bid , as it were , a last farewell to the Academy which was to see him no more . He was indeed the effectual defender of political ...
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... minds , will be held in perpetual esteem by posterity . He was then nearly eighty - nine years of age . Soon we learned that that strong intelligence had entirely failed , and that he whose rare talents had been employed on so many ...
... minds , will be held in perpetual esteem by posterity . He was then nearly eighty - nine years of age . Soon we learned that that strong intelligence had entirely failed , and that he whose rare talents had been employed on so many ...
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... mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British soldier pleasant to himself , or desirable , far less honourable , in the estimation of ...
... mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British soldier pleasant to himself , or desirable , far less honourable , in the estimation of ...
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... minds their former state of servitude and disgrace , that every hon- ourable impulse at once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in ...
... minds their former state of servitude and disgrace , that every hon- ourable impulse at once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in ...
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... minds , and forbade them to break in upon the question . A fence was drawn around the ground , taboo'd as it were by military engines , and other sym- bols of mere force . A spell bound the public mind , like that invisible power which ...
... minds , and forbade them to break in upon the question . A fence was drawn around the ground , taboo'd as it were by military engines , and other sym- bols of mere force . A spell bound the public mind , like that invisible power which ...
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Page 79 - Lordships— which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind— that an advocate by the sacred duty which he owes his client knows, in the discharge of that office, but one person in the world, that client and none other. To save that client by all expedient means, to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties. And he must not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment, the...
Page 262 - Providence to govern three branches of the one family, namely, Austria, Prussia, and Russia; thus confessing that the Christian world, of which they and their people form a part, has, in reality, no other sovereign than him to whom alone power really belongs, because in him alone are found all the treasures of love, science, and infinite wisdom, that is to say, God, our Divine Saviour, the Word of the Most High, the Word of Life.
Page 232 - When all the resources of the most ingenious cruelty hurried her to a fate without parallel — if not so clamorous, they did not feel the least of all the members of the community — their grief was in truth too deep for utterance — sorrow clung round their bosoms, weighed upon their tongues, stifled every sound — and, when all the rest of mankind, of all sects and of all...
Page 79 - Lordships — which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind — that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows, in the discharge of that office, but one person in the world, THAT CLIENT AND NONE OTHER. To save that client by all expedient means— to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself — is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties...
Page 261 - ... to be observed by the Powers, in their reciprocal relations, upon the sublime truths which the Holy Religion of our Saviour teaches...
Page 195 - 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.
Page 193 - ... nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the condition which you required, through Lady Cholmondeley, that even in the event...
Page 36 - Bonaparte treats his soldiers. We despise and detest those who would tell us that there is as much liberty now enjoyed in France as there is left in this country.
Page 12 - That licentiousness has indeed of late years appeared to despise all the bounds which had once been prescribed to the attacks on private character, insomuch that there is not only no personage so important or exalted — for of that I do not complain — but no person so humble, harmless, and retired, as to escape the defamation which is daily and hourly poured forth by the venal crew, to gratify the idle curiosity, or still less excusable malignity, of the public ; to mark out for the indulgence...
Page 99 - Italy, as everywhere else, most respectable individuals. I have myself the happiness of knowing many Italian gentlemen, in whose hands I should think my life or my honour as safe as in the hands of your lordships. But I speak of those /who have not been brought here, when I make this favourable admission. Those who have been brought over and produced at your bar, are of a far other description : — " Sunt in illo numero multi boni, docti, pudentes, qui ad hoc judicium deduct!