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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... truth of the well - known saying , that every office given away made one ungrateful and three discontented . The immediate cause of his fall , in February 1848 , was the pusillanimity of his family , who declined to head his troops ...
... truth of the well - known saying , that every office given away made one ungrateful and three discontented . The immediate cause of his fall , in February 1848 , was the pusillanimity of his family , who declined to head his troops ...
Side 22
... truth be said- " War is a game , which , were their rulers wise , The people should not play at . " But this has been materially changed by the conse- quences of the great European revolution of 1848 ; and it may now be doubted whether ...
... truth be said- " War is a game , which , were their rulers wise , The people should not play at . " But this has been materially changed by the conse- quences of the great European revolution of 1848 ; and it may now be doubted whether ...
Side 32
... truth be affirmed that this admirable system was owing to the wisdom and foresight of Mr Pitt , or any other man . Like many other of the greatest and most salutary changes in society , it arose from absolute neces- sity ; it was the ...
... truth be affirmed that this admirable system was owing to the wisdom and foresight of Mr Pitt , or any other man . Like many other of the greatest and most salutary changes in society , it arose from absolute neces- sity ; it was the ...
Side 35
... truth , the evil had got be- yond the reach of human remedy ; for it arose from the confirmed ascendancy in the legislature of a class which had gained , and was gaining , immensely by the general suffering with which it was surrounded ...
... truth , the evil had got be- yond the reach of human remedy ; for it arose from the confirmed ascendancy in the legislature of a class which had gained , and was gaining , immensely by the general suffering with which it was surrounded ...
Side 45
... truth of the saying of the wise man , that " the love of money is the root of all evil . " various This is a melancholy truth : so melancholy , indeed , 48 . that it is far from being generally admitted even by the Proof of best ...
... truth of the saying of the wise man , that " the love of money is the root of all evil . " various This is a melancholy truth : so melancholy , indeed , 48 . that it is far from being generally admitted even by the Proof of best ...
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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...