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Pagina 24
... may be expressed in these words— The ' organised militia of a people
numbering eighty millions does not protect the State from the possibility of defeat
in offensive war , but it does protect the country from the consequences of such
defeat .
... may be expressed in these words— The ' organised militia of a people
numbering eighty millions does not protect the State from the possibility of defeat
in offensive war , but it does protect the country from the consequences of such
defeat .
Pagina 58
In this capacity he affixed his name to the celebrated capitulation of Limerick ;
and , unlike most of the statesmen of the day , he insisted earnestly that the faith
of England was pledged to observe the terms of the treaty , and expressed deep
...
In this capacity he affixed his name to the celebrated capitulation of Limerick ;
and , unlike most of the statesmen of the day , he insisted earnestly that the faith
of England was pledged to observe the terms of the treaty , and expressed deep
...
Pagina 63
... extractshow that he had fine reasoning powers , and a penetrating and calm
intelligence ; and he expressed himself in the terse , felicitous style , not
uncommon on the judicial bench during the time that it was graced by Lord
Mansfield .
... extractshow that he had fine reasoning powers , and a penetrating and calm
intelligence ; and he expressed himself in the terse , felicitous style , not
uncommon on the judicial bench during the time that it was graced by Lord
Mansfield .
Pagina 74
In all other and higher respects , in choice of subject , in strength and dignity of
poetical conception , in elevation of feeling , and the imaginative forms through
which the nobler passions are expressed , in the strict subordination of parts to
the ...
In all other and higher respects , in choice of subject , in strength and dignity of
poetical conception , in elevation of feeling , and the imaginative forms through
which the nobler passions are expressed , in the strict subordination of parts to
the ...
Pagina 86
... strings of the coarsest fibre , a mill - horse round of violent pains and pleasures
, sensual ecstasies and exhaustions , with the favourite terms of blood and foam
and fire , of tooth and fang and claw , in which they are expressed .
... strings of the coarsest fibre , a mill - horse round of violent pains and pleasures
, sensual ecstasies and exhaustions , with the favourite terms of blood and foam
and fire , of tooth and fang and claw , in which they are expressed .
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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.