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Pagina 7
Accordingly this character is discovered in every page of his composition , which
in its audacity as being directed against the failure of existing institutions , and
towards the exercise of authority in high quarters , is certainly not exceeded by
the ...
Accordingly this character is discovered in every page of his composition , which
in its audacity as being directed against the failure of existing institutions , and
towards the exercise of authority in high quarters , is certainly not exceeded by
the ...
Pagina 8
If conflict again occur with an alliance directed against Russia , the Minister of
War will have it in his power to push armies from one end of the empire to the
other with the utmost despatch . The many reserves will thus be in immediate
support ...
If conflict again occur with an alliance directed against Russia , the Minister of
War will have it in his power to push armies from one end of the empire to the
other with the utmost despatch . The many reserves will thus be in immediate
support ...
Pagina 9
The phrase has often been used that Poland , situated as she is with Russia in
the rear , with Prussia on her right front , and with Austria to the south - west ,
forms a great bastion , which is directed against the peace of Europe . For Poland
is ...
The phrase has often been used that Poland , situated as she is with Russia in
the rear , with Prussia on her right front , and with Austria to the south - west ,
forms a great bastion , which is directed against the peace of Europe . For Poland
is ...
Pagina 10
But it is tolerably clear that a fleet , unassisted by a very numerous army , and
directed away from the general combination , where the real struggle is
proceeding , cannot effect operations of a positive character against a seaboard
such as that ...
But it is tolerably clear that a fleet , unassisted by a very numerous army , and
directed away from the general combination , where the real struggle is
proceeding , cannot effect operations of a positive character against a seaboard
such as that ...
Pagina 11
... directed against the breast of Europe . It threatens alike Germany on the one
side and Austria on the other . The consistency of policy , and the tenacity of
purpose , which have characterised Russian government and administration
since the ...
... directed against the breast of Europe . It threatens alike Germany on the one
side and Austria on the other . The consistency of policy , and the tenacity of
purpose , which have characterised Russian government and administration
since the ...
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Populaire passages
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.