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... course be wonderful- ly increased by a declaration of war . By the way , we may here infer that the " spirit of '76 " would have died out al- together among us before now , if it had not been for the recent war with Mexico , which ...
... course be wonderful- ly increased by a declaration of war . By the way , we may here infer that the " spirit of '76 " would have died out al- together among us before now , if it had not been for the recent war with Mexico , which ...
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... course , all sorts of selfish vices must spring from a habit of such a kind . These are said to be , and doubtless are , in some measure corrected by war , which must draw the attention of the individual away from his private good or ...
... course , all sorts of selfish vices must spring from a habit of such a kind . These are said to be , and doubtless are , in some measure corrected by war , which must draw the attention of the individual away from his private good or ...
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... course they in- curred for the sake of slight temporary advantages to indi- viduals ; that they would therefore form some sort of com- pact or agreement together , binding every one to give up some individual benefits for the common ...
... course they in- curred for the sake of slight temporary advantages to indi- viduals ; that they would therefore form some sort of com- pact or agreement together , binding every one to give up some individual benefits for the common ...
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... course , not bound to manifest their sympathy by engaging in the war themselves , when no great advan- tage would result from it to them , although some have maintained the opposite . But they may exert their influ- ence upon the nation ...
... course , not bound to manifest their sympathy by engaging in the war themselves , when no great advan- tage would result from it to them , although some have maintained the opposite . But they may exert their influ- ence upon the nation ...
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... course to be adopted ? We answer , that the sympathy and influence of neutral nations should invariably be on that side which is at the moment acting on the defensive . This may seem strange to some , because either party may , from no ...
... course to be adopted ? We answer , that the sympathy and influence of neutral nations should invariably be on that side which is at the moment acting on the defensive . This may seem strange to some , because either party may , from no ...
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Seite 306 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Seite 407 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Seite 40 - Ye who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken...
Seite 249 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Seite 406 - With woful measures, wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild.
Seite 308 - ... buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests : what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say : Sic ego componi versus in ossa velim ? Time which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.
Seite 129 - This worthless present was designed you long before it was a play; when it was only a confused mass of thoughts, tumbling over one another in the dark; when the fancy was yet in its first work, moving the sleeping images of things towards the light, there to be distinguished, and then either chosen or rejected by the judgment; it was yours, my Lord, before I could call it mine.
Seite 234 - Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the Temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it; Time hath spared the Epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal! durations; and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether the best of men be known? or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, then any that stand remembered in the known...
Seite 148 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Seite 233 - Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, out-worn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...