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Side 3
... less than that of the material world , is balanced action and reaction , not restoration from ruin . Order is preserved in a way which the imagination of the poet could not have conceived . Even in the brief space which has elapsed ...
... less than that of the material world , is balanced action and reaction , not restoration from ruin . Order is preserved in a way which the imagination of the poet could not have conceived . Even in the brief space which has elapsed ...
Side 4
... less free and more inexperienced than ourselves . Though last , not least in the political lessons of this marvellous year , the papal government has been subverted - a second Rienzi has appeared in Rome ; and the Supreme Pontiff , who ...
... less free and more inexperienced than ourselves . Though last , not least in the political lessons of this marvellous year , the papal government has been subverted - a second Rienzi has appeared in Rome ; and the Supreme Pontiff , who ...
Side 7
... less bloody than those of June last were anticipated in the struggle for the presidency , and vented only by the presence of ninety thousand soldiers in the capital : a force greater than that which fought on either side at Austerlitz ...
... less bloody than those of June last were anticipated in the struggle for the presidency , and vented only by the presence of ninety thousand soldiers in the capital : a force greater than that which fought on either side at Austerlitz ...
Side 15
... less and perilous , unless in so far as it could be instantly converted into that incomparable metal ; and that , consequently , the more the precious metals were withdrawn from the country , by the necessities of war or the effects of ...
... less and perilous , unless in so far as it could be instantly converted into that incomparable metal ; and that , consequently , the more the precious metals were withdrawn from the country , by the necessities of war or the effects of ...
Side 19
Nor has the year been less fruit- ful of civil premonitions or lessons of the last importance to the future tranquillity and prosperity of Great Britain . Numerous popular delusions have been dispelled during that period . The dreams of ...
Nor has the year been less fruit- ful of civil premonitions or lessons of the last importance to the future tranquillity and prosperity of Great Britain . Numerous popular delusions have been dispelled during that period . The dreams of ...
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Side 382 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Side 81 - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
Side 201 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Side 385 - ... were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction...
Side 25 - And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women : but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.
Side 385 - Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them.
Side 385 - When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them.
Side 385 - Then was committed that great crime, memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left to the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of the garrison, a chamber known by the fearful name of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow.
Side 198 - And did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Side 5 - All around us the world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Governments which lately seemed likely to stand during ages have been on a sudden shaken and overthrown. The proudest capitals of Western Europe have streamed with civil blood.