Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 sivua |
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... united with learning in resist- ance to revolution ; that names destined for immortality threw their shield over the state , and philosophy vindicated its noble destiny , and history made manifest present danger ; that a House of ...
... united with learning in resist- ance to revolution ; that names destined for immortality threw their shield over the state , and philosophy vindicated its noble destiny , and history made manifest present danger ; that a House of ...
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... fifty - two counties , returning one hundred and four members , and , by the new constitution , there are to be in the United Parliament about four hundred and thirty English members . The new county THE REFORM BILL . 21.
... fifty - two counties , returning one hundred and four members , and , by the new constitution , there are to be in the United Parliament about four hundred and thirty English members . The new county THE REFORM BILL . 21.
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... united with the Commons ; and , by so doing , first gave them a numerical superiority , and com- pelled the union of all the three estates in the National Assembly . Unbounded gratitude , universal joy , followed this first and decisive ...
... united with the Commons ; and , by so doing , first gave them a numerical superiority , and com- pelled the union of all the three estates in the National Assembly . Unbounded gratitude , universal joy , followed this first and decisive ...
Sivu 86
... united , the power of the tyrants was shaken ; when Robespierre was declared hors la loi , and the générale was beat to summon the citizen soldiers to make a last effort in behalf not only of their country , but of their own existence ...
... united , the power of the tyrants was shaken ; when Robespierre was declared hors la loi , and the générale was beat to summon the citizen soldiers to make a last effort in behalf not only of their country , but of their own existence ...
Sivu 88
... united with the populace in pillaging the palace of the Archbishop of Paris ; and , joining in the infernal cry against every species of religion , scaled every steeple in Paris , with sacrilegious hands tore down the cross from their ...
... united with the populace in pillaging the palace of the Archbishop of Paris ; and , joining in the infernal cry against every species of religion , scaled every steeple in Paris , with sacrilegious hands tore down the cross from their ...
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a-year agricultural ambition amidst amount aristocracy Bank Bank of England become BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE boroughs Britain British British empire brought capital cause Charles X civilisation classes colonies commercial consequence Conservative party constitution convicts Corn Laws crime criminals currency democratic despotism destroyed destruction distress duty effect electors emancipation empire England English established Europe evil existence exports fatal favour force foreign France free trade free-trade freedom French French Revolution grain House of Commons House of Peers human immense importation increase industry influence interests Ireland Irish islands labour land legislature Liberal liberty Lord Louis Philippe manufacturing measures ment millions multitude National Guard never opinion Paris Parliament party passions Peers period political popular population principles produce progress prosperity quarter Reform Bill rendered Revolution revolutionary ruin Scotland slaves society suffering tion tonnage vast wealth West India Whigs whole
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Sivu 391 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Sivu 467 - But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Sivu 237 - ... 2. That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his majesty's subjects.
Sivu 467 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone...
Sivu 467 - ... loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone ! It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and...
Sivu 538 - Lochiel, False wizard, avaunt! I have marshalled my clan: Their swords are a thousand; their bosoms are one. They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Sivu 94 - Divinity, now discover in that personage only a newly-created despot without any of the accessories or advantages which give, even to despotism, some hold on public opinion. A reaction has accordingly taken place: and men are in consequence prepared to listen to things against which, previously, they, adderwise, closed their ears, and remained deaf to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
Sivu 338 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Sivu 143 - Asia, by the desolating hand of power. The tyranny which, on every favourable moment, was breaking through all barriers, would have rioted without control, if, when the people were poor and disunited, the nobility had not been brave and free. So far as the sphere of feudality extended, it diffused the spirit of liberty and the notions of private right.
Sivu 95 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.