Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Issue 49Deighton and Laughton, 1895 - Humanities |
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... duty of submission , and should sanction and assist in carrying out the forfeiture of all that his lord was able to seize . In French history we have other striking examples of the strength and tenacity of DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY . 3.
... duty of submission , and should sanction and assist in carrying out the forfeiture of all that his lord was able to seize . In French history we have other striking examples of the strength and tenacity of DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY . 3.
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... carried out in the official designation of the German Emperor at every period of history , as shown upon the coinage . Thus , Charles V , one of its greatest emperors , inscribed on one of his coinages " Carolus V Romanorum Imperator ...
... carried out in the official designation of the German Emperor at every period of history , as shown upon the coinage . Thus , Charles V , one of its greatest emperors , inscribed on one of his coinages " Carolus V Romanorum Imperator ...
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... carried into force . It is for us to conceive , if we can in this nineteenth century , what its influence would be in the thirteenth , when the church bells for matins , angelus , * and vespers were the only clocks possessed by the ...
... carried into force . It is for us to conceive , if we can in this nineteenth century , what its influence would be in the thirteenth , when the church bells for matins , angelus , * and vespers were the only clocks possessed by the ...
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... carrying everything before him by his burning eloquence . Coming from Spain , which had so long contended against the Moors , he seems to have imbibed the spirit of the Crusades in an eminent degree , and , being of noble birth and ...
... carrying everything before him by his burning eloquence . Coming from Spain , which had so long contended against the Moors , he seems to have imbibed the spirit of the Crusades in an eminent degree , and , being of noble birth and ...
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... carried to an treme of severity , and St. Clare herself adopted an undergarment of horse or hog's hair with the bristles cut short so as to be sharp and piercing . Almost absolute silence was the rule of the community , and continual ...
... carried to an treme of severity , and St. Clare herself adopted an undergarment of horse or hog's hair with the bristles cut short so as to be sharp and piercing . Almost absolute silence was the rule of the community , and continual ...
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Page 169 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom they will turn their faces towards you.
Page 167 - ... is derived from a prudent relaxation in all his borders. Spain, in her provinces, is perhaps not so well obeyed as you are in yours. She complies, too; she submits; she watches times. This is the immutable condition, the eternal law, of extensive and detached empire.
Page 168 - It is besides a very great mistake to imagine, that mankind follow up practically any speculative principle, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation.
Page 142 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, king and queen of England, France. Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland ; defenders of the faith ; princes of Spain and Sicily ; archdukes of Austria ; dukes of Milan, Burgundy, and Brabant; counts of Hapsburg, Flanders, and Tyrol.
Page 251 - An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray, An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away — You better mind yer parents, an' yer teachers fond an' dear, An' churish them 'at loves you, an...
Page 177 - Great Britain would be ruined by the separation of Ireland ; but, as there are degrees even in ruin, it would fall the most heavily on Ireland. By such a separation Ireland would be the most completely undone country in the world; the most wretched, the most distracted, and, in the end, the most desolate part of the habitable globe.
Page 180 - Those things which are not practicable are not desirable. There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a welldirected pursuit. There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world. If we cry, like children, for the moon, like children we must cry on.
Page 245 - Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive Officiously to keep alive: Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it: Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat...
Page 240 - She sketched ; the vale, the wood, the beach, Grew lovelier from her pencil's shading : She botanized; I envied each Young blossom in her boudoir fading : She warbled Handel ; it was grand ; She made the Catalani jealous : She touched the organ; I could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows.
Page 254 - eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints; While it's Tommy this, an