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London : published for the Early English Text Society , 1870 , . . . . 342 III . — 1 .
Military Memoirs of Mr . George Thomas , who , by extraordinary talents and
enterprise , rose from an obscure situation to the rank of a general in the service
of the ...
London : published for the Early English Text Society , 1870 , . . . . 342 III . — 1 .
Military Memoirs of Mr . George Thomas , who , by extraordinary talents and
enterprise , rose from an obscure situation to the rank of a general in the service
of the ...
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... there can be but little doubt that the education they spread abroad , the never -
ceasing glorification of the Russian name and power , the biting criticism of the
institutions belonging to a state of society built on the past of serfdom in the lower
...
... there can be but little doubt that the education they spread abroad , the never -
ceasing glorification of the Russian name and power , the biting criticism of the
institutions belonging to a state of society built on the past of serfdom in the lower
...
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The responsibility of the whole people for the duty of national self - defence is
now proclaimed as the principle which is to rule Russian society henceforth . The
abolition of serfdom is followed by the abolition of aristocratic exemption from ...
The responsibility of the whole people for the duty of national self - defence is
now proclaimed as the principle which is to rule Russian society henceforth . The
abolition of serfdom is followed by the abolition of aristocratic exemption from ...
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The reform sweeps in all classes of society . The principle is fairly adopted
according to which great attention is paid to the quality of the troops , whilst the
quantity is multiplied according to the numbers presented by the population ; that
...
The reform sweeps in all classes of society . The principle is fairly adopted
according to which great attention is paid to the quality of the troops , whilst the
quantity is multiplied according to the numbers presented by the population ; that
...
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The institutions of the conquering colony were not likely , it may be supposed , to
extend in this state of society , and where lawlessness and disorder abounded ,
the domain of law was narrow and precarious . The jurisdiction of the earlier ...
The institutions of the conquering colony were not likely , it may be supposed , to
extend in this state of society , and where lawlessness and disorder abounded ,
the domain of law was narrow and precarious . The jurisdiction of the earlier ...
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Pagina 214 - 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 252 - 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 226 - 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 321 - 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 214 - 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 214 - 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 304 - 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 226 - 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.