Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 sivua |
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Sivu 7
... ruin of their democratic neighbours ; that it was this very example which overthrew the venerable fabric of the English constitution ; and that the English people relinquished their ancient post in the van of civilisation , and followed ...
... ruin of their democratic neighbours ; that it was this very example which overthrew the venerable fabric of the English constitution ; and that the English people relinquished their ancient post in the van of civilisation , and followed ...
Sivu 13
... ruined by excess of enjoyment , is allowed to taste the bitterness of adversity , and learn , in the wretched- ness of want , the magnitude of the blessings which he has thrown away ; so nations , corrupted by a long tide of prosperity ...
... ruined by excess of enjoyment , is allowed to taste the bitterness of adversity , and learn , in the wretched- ness of want , the magnitude of the blessings which he has thrown away ; so nations , corrupted by a long tide of prosperity ...
Sivu 55
... ruin . But men never do this . History , equally with recent experience , demonstrates that large bodies , even of the most intelligent men , never look beyond present consequences ; and it is not to be supposed that the £ 10 ...
... ruin . But men never do this . History , equally with recent experience , demonstrates that large bodies , even of the most intelligent men , never look beyond present consequences ; and it is not to be supposed that the £ 10 ...
Sivu 63
... ruin will be the officers of the law ; the only writs unceasingly in force , the capias ad satisfaciendum , or the fieri facias ; and the only mansions crowded with inhabit- ants , the workhouses , the hospitals , and the jails . We do ...
... ruin will be the officers of the law ; the only writs unceasingly in force , the capias ad satisfaciendum , or the fieri facias ; and the only mansions crowded with inhabit- ants , the workhouses , the hospitals , and the jails . We do ...
Sivu 66
... in his own person a portion of the evil resulting from intense political suspense . " We venture to say there is hardly a tradesman in London " " who could persevere , without ruin , in his present 66 THE REFORM BILL .
... in his own person a portion of the evil resulting from intense political suspense . " We venture to say there is hardly a tradesman in London " " who could persevere , without ruin , in his present 66 THE REFORM BILL .
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