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... fact , nearly the whole resolves itself into increased facilities of production , into a sub- stitution of inanimate for animated power , and , in a less degree , the substitution of the labour of cattle and horses for that of Not to ...
... fact , nearly the whole resolves itself into increased facilities of production , into a sub- stitution of inanimate for animated power , and , in a less degree , the substitution of the labour of cattle and horses for that of Not to ...
Side 13
... fact , the creatures of high civilization in the true meaning of that word ; of a state of society in which mental energies are excited , and industry is animated by a certainty that their movements will be unfettered by bad government ...
... fact , the creatures of high civilization in the true meaning of that word ; of a state of society in which mental energies are excited , and industry is animated by a certainty that their movements will be unfettered by bad government ...
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... fact which requires distinct proof , and of which no proof is given ; connected as it is with the preceding part of the sentence , it means the utmost limit of the amount of revenue obtainable by taxation , which , from his observations ...
... fact which requires distinct proof , and of which no proof is given ; connected as it is with the preceding part of the sentence , it means the utmost limit of the amount of revenue obtainable by taxation , which , from his observations ...
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... fact it evaded the pro- portionate contemporary augmentation of the revenue to the ex- tent of its peculiar loans , by selling , though for a limited period , portions of the disposable revenue which already existed . In- stead of ...
... fact it evaded the pro- portionate contemporary augmentation of the revenue to the ex- tent of its peculiar loans , by selling , though for a limited period , portions of the disposable revenue which already existed . In- stead of ...
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... facts and expanding history into philosophy , that our entertaining conductor through Greece and Turkey reminds us of his want of years , The author appears , however , to be fully sensible 40 Fourney through Albania , & c . by Hobhouse .
... facts and expanding history into philosophy , that our entertaining conductor through Greece and Turkey reminds us of his want of years , The author appears , however , to be fully sensible 40 Fourney through Albania , & c . by Hobhouse .
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Side 135 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Side 137 - The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it glows, The flames around their captive close, Till inly...
Side 151 - I have great love and regard towards you; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Side 85 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Side 151 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Side 138 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Side 136 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Side 92 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Side 136 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Side 465 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...