Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 sivua |
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... passions agitate mankind — and society , instead of flowing on with the steady current of ordinary prosperity , seems to glide with " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash below . " At such periods , the former motives of conduct lose ...
... passions agitate mankind — and society , instead of flowing on with the steady current of ordinary prosperity , seems to glide with " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash below . " At such periods , the former motives of conduct lose ...
Sivu 2
... passions in the Forum , and the uplifted arm of conquest was stayed . Another period , equally memorable both in the violence of its passions and the magnitude of its effects , is that of the Crusades . All the strongest and most deeply ...
... passions in the Forum , and the uplifted arm of conquest was stayed . Another period , equally memorable both in the violence of its passions and the magnitude of its effects , is that of the Crusades . All the strongest and most deeply ...
Sivu 3
... passion for change , always more or less allied to revolution , was trans- ferred from trifles to realities - from changes in customs or amusements to subversion of institutions and overthrow of thrones . By a delusion which , but for ...
... passion for change , always more or less allied to revolution , was trans- ferred from trifles to realities - from changes in customs or amusements to subversion of institutions and overthrow of thrones . By a delusion which , but for ...
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... passion for democratic power . But while this is admitted on the one hand , it must be conceded , on the other , that the general prosperity of the empire has , during that period , reached a height never before equalled . Facts ...
... passion for democratic power . But while this is admitted on the one hand , it must be conceded , on the other , that the general prosperity of the empire has , during that period , reached a height never before equalled . Facts ...
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... passions , and induces deserved misfortune , will perhaps be inclined to consider this very prosperity as the cause of the disasters which followed . He will observe , that long- continued success renders nations , as well as ...
... passions , and induces deserved misfortune , will perhaps be inclined to consider this very prosperity as the cause of the disasters which followed . He will observe , that long- continued success renders nations , as well as ...
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