Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 sivua |
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... party , instantly joined its ranks , and 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 ...
... party , instantly joined its ranks , and 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 ...
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... party in the legislature- if multitudes of boroughs are throwing off the yoke of authority and returning democratic candidates , instead of those who heretofore commanded their suffrages ; then it is plain that the system of ...
... party in the legislature- if multitudes of boroughs are throwing off the yoke of authority and returning democratic candidates , instead of those who heretofore commanded their suffrages ; then it is plain that the system of ...
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... party , by refusing all palliation , all temperaments , all reasonable accommodations , by requiring too much , fre- quently obtains nothing ; and those inconveniences and distresses which , with a little moderation , might in a great ...
... party , by refusing all palliation , all temperaments , all reasonable accommodations , by requiring too much , fre- quently obtains nothing ; and those inconveniences and distresses which , with a little moderation , might in a great ...
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... the great bar- rier , erected by the constitution against the inroads of demo- cracy , would be converted into the rampart of the revolu- tionary party . In vain would the county members struggle THE REFORM BILL . 23.
... the great bar- rier , erected by the constitution against the inroads of demo- cracy , would be converted into the rampart of the revolu- tionary party . In vain would the county members struggle THE REFORM BILL . 23.
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... party can express apprehensions re- garding the extension of the right of voting to £ 10 house- holders , when they bewail , in such piteous terms , the disfran- chisement of the potwallopers in the popular burghs ? He must have had a ...
... party can express apprehensions re- garding the extension of the right of voting to £ 10 house- holders , when they bewail , in such piteous terms , the disfran- chisement of the potwallopers in the popular burghs ? He must have had a ...
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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.