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in importance as being merged in a great confederation welded together under
the name of the Russian Empire . Thus an article is in our recollection which
appeared in a Moscow newspaper in 1857 , arguing that the liberation of the
people ...
in importance as being merged in a great confederation welded together under
the name of the Russian Empire . Thus an article is in our recollection which
appeared in a Moscow newspaper in 1857 , arguing that the liberation of the
people ...
Pagina 9
... dangers as might occur from the action of Maritime Powers , he clearly
estimates the value of those Powers at something which we may perhaps
measure by what has recently taken place . An important experience was gained
in the late war ...
... dangers as might occur from the action of Maritime Powers , he clearly
estimates the value of those Powers at something which we may perhaps
measure by what has recently taken place . An important experience was gained
in the late war ...
Pagina 10
important experience was gained in the late war in the Baltic Sea . The French ,
with a loud ... As is well known , with the exception of shutting up the commerce ,
that fleet was able to effect nothing of substantial importance . The direction of the
...
important experience was gained in the late war in the Baltic Sea . The French ,
with a loud ... As is well known , with the exception of shutting up the commerce ,
that fleet was able to effect nothing of substantial importance . The direction of the
...
Pagina 11
Turkey in the south has achieved a naval position of far greater importance than
was ever known in her previous history . Had these views proceeded from an
English or German critic , they might have been open to question , as issuing
from a ...
Turkey in the south has achieved a naval position of far greater importance than
was ever known in her previous history . Had these views proceeded from an
English or German critic , they might have been open to question , as issuing
from a ...
Pagina 16
The estimated strength of national forces must rest in all great countries on two
important considerations . One may be called the domestic capacity for the
formation of armies , and the other is the relative position of the State concerned
in the ...
The estimated strength of national forces must rest in all great countries on two
important considerations . One may be called the domestic capacity for the
formation of armies , and the other is the relative position of the State concerned
in the ...
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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.