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Pagina 31
... now . be carried by railway to their destination from the most distant points in a
few days . The problem , then , has been worked out , and we may look in a short
time for the full execution of the measures so boldly projected in consequence .
... now . be carried by railway to their destination from the most distant points in a
few days . The problem , then , has been worked out , and we may look in a short
time for the full execution of the measures so boldly projected in consequence .
Pagina 55
The Commissioners , of whom the regicide Corbet was the most notable , seem
not to have taken part in the settlement ' of the country recorded carefully by Mr.
Prendergast ; this was carried out by the executive Government under the ...
The Commissioners , of whom the regicide Corbet was the most notable , seem
not to have taken part in the settlement ' of the country recorded carefully by Mr.
Prendergast ; this was carried out by the executive Government under the ...
Pagina 66
Keen - sighted , however , and without scruples - beware of that ' young man , ' it
had been remarked to Grattan — Fitzgibbon saw when the favourable time had
come for a legal • Thane ' to ' fly ; ' he carried unto the camp of Pitt audacity ...
Keen - sighted , however , and without scruples - beware of that ' young man , ' it
had been remarked to Grattan — Fitzgibbon saw when the favourable time had
come for a legal • Thane ' to ' fly ; ' he carried unto the camp of Pitt audacity ...
Pagina 94
Modern art , in all its greatest periods , has not only faithfully observed the same
vital law , but carried it still further . It is indeed mainly distinguished from Greek
art by its more varied and absolute use of bodily suffering as an instrument for the
...
Modern art , in all its greatest periods , has not only faithfully observed the same
vital law , but carried it still further . It is indeed mainly distinguished from Greek
art by its more varied and absolute use of bodily suffering as an instrument for the
...
Pagina 104
But such as they were he stuck to them ; he chose them early , he adhered to
them always , he carried them to final triumph , and he was put to death because
of them . The nature of the man was hard and stern ; he was feared and obeyed ...
But such as they were he stuck to them ; he chose them early , he adhered to
them always , he carried them to final triumph , and he was put to death because
of them . The nature of the man was hard and stern ; he was feared and obeyed ...
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Pagina 216 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,5 the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Pagina 254 - And all is well, tho' faith and form Be sunder'd in the night of fear; Well roars the storm to those that hear A deeper voice across the storm, Proclaiming social truth shall spread, And justice, ev'n tho' thrice again The red fool-fury of the Seine Should pile her barricades with dead.
Pagina 228 - The most ancient progenitors in the kingdom of the Vertebrata, at which we are able to obtain an obscure glance, apparently consisted of a group of marine animals," resembling the larvae of existing Ascidians. These animals probably gave rise to a group of fishes, as lowly organized as the lancelet; and from these the Ganoids, and other fishes like the Lepidosiren, must have been developed. From such fish a very small advance would carry us on to the Amphibians.
Pagina 323 - For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with the concerns of the Athenians; therefore I hold my ears and tear myself away from him.
Pagina 216 - Secondly, as soon as the mental faculties had become highly developed, images of all past actions and motives would be incessantly passing through the brain...
Pagina 216 - Thirdly, after the power of language had been acquired, and the wishes of the community could be expressed, the common opinion how each member ought to act for the public good, would naturally become in a paramount degree the guide to action.
Pagina 74 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Pagina 306 - Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless career.
Pagina 81 - Yea, I am found the woman in all tales, The face caught always in the story's face: I Helen, holding Paris by the lips, Smote Hector through the head; I Cressida So kissed men's mouths that they went sick or mad, Stung right at brain with me; I Guenevere...
Pagina 228 - The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys; and from the latter, at a remote period, Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe, proceeded.