History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852, Volum 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1852 |
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Side vii
... Never did appear in such striking colours the immense superiority which the arms of civilisation had acquired over those of barbarism , as in this brief and animating period . The Fifth Period commences with the overthrow of Louis ...
... Never did appear in such striking colours the immense superiority which the arms of civilisation had acquired over those of barbarism , as in this brief and animating period . The Fifth Period commences with the overthrow of Louis ...
Side 23
... never can be forgiven have been mutually inflicted ; the despotism of the Prætorians , and a Jacquerie of the Red Republicans , are the only alternatives left to continental Europe ; and the fair form of real freedom , which grows and ...
... never can be forgiven have been mutually inflicted ; the despotism of the Prætorians , and a Jacquerie of the Red Republicans , are the only alternatives left to continental Europe ; and the fair form of real freedom , which grows and ...
Side 25
... never could bring six thousand men into the field . In proportion to the extension of our colonial empire , and the necessity of increased forces to defend it , our armaments have been reduced both by sea and land . Every gleam of ...
... never could bring six thousand men into the field . In proportion to the extension of our colonial empire , and the necessity of increased forces to defend it , our armaments have been reduced both by sea and land . Every gleam of ...
Side 43
... never be raised as cheap in the old state as the young one , the consequence is , that free importation is first called for , and at last admitted . The moment this takes place , to any great extent , the limits of national progress ...
... never be raised as cheap in the old state as the young one , the consequence is , that free importation is first called for , and at last admitted . The moment this takes place , to any great extent , the limits of national progress ...
Side 45
... Never- theless , there is none which is supported by a more wide- spread and unvarying mass of proofs , or which , when rightly considered , might more naturally be anticipated from the structure of the human mind . The utmost efforts ...
... Never- theless , there is none which is supported by a more wide- spread and unvarying mass of proofs , or which , when rightly considered , might more naturally be anticipated from the structure of the human mind . The utmost efforts ...
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History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in MDCCCXV to the ..., Volum 1 Archibald Alison Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1859 |
History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the ..., Volum 1 Sir Archibald Alison Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in MDCCCXV, to the ..., Volum 1 Archibald Alison Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1859 |
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Side 66 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Side 423 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Side 430 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Side 69 - And England sent her men, of men the chief, Who taught those sires of Empire yet to be, To plant the tree of life, — to plant fair Freedom's tree!
Side 429 - Yes, thy proud lords, unpitied land, shall see That man hath yet a soul, and dare be free. A little while, along thy saddening plains, The starless night of desolation reigns : Truth shall restore the light by Nature given, And, like Prometheus, bring the fire of heaven. Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurled ; Her name, her nature, withered from the world.
Side 352 - May, 1820, and that, from and after that period, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the crown of Spain to purchase slaves, or to carry on the slave trade, on any part of the coast of Africa, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever...
Side 502 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Side 606 - An extraordinary work, which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country, and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe. There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which Mr Alison's labours have been devoted. It exhibits great knowledge, patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power.
Side 212 - All the Powers who shall choose solemnly to avow the sacred principles which have dictated the present Act, and shall acknowledge how important it is for the happiness of nations, too long agitated, that these truths should henceforth exercise over the destinies of mankind all the influence which belongs to them, will be received with equal ardour and affection into this Holy Alliance.
Side 352 - Treaty, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the Crown of Spain to purchase Slaves, or to carry on the Slave Trade on any part of the coast of Africa to the north of the Equator, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever...