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Pagina 3
... or by the amplification of territory . Such would appear to be the language
which has been held for some years . Travellers tell us that the awakening from
the state of lassitude and hopelessness following on 1856 is thorough and
complete .
... or by the amplification of territory . Such would appear to be the language
which has been held for some years . Travellers tell us that the awakening from
the state of lassitude and hopelessness following on 1856 is thorough and
complete .
Pagina 22
To this General Fadejew would add , as a measure of precaution , the raising of
an additional six divisions , or 80,000 men , to aid in the occupation of territory in
the rear of the active army , the blockade of fortresses , & c . Thus would the total
...
To this General Fadejew would add , as a measure of precaution , the raising of
an additional six divisions , or 80,000 men , to aid in the occupation of territory in
the rear of the active army , the blockade of fortresses , & c . Thus would the total
...
Pagina 34
The number of combatants thus available for immediate operation on foreign
territory at the outbreak of European war would certainly not be overrated at 400 ,
000 men . Such are the facts of the Russian frontier forces as standing face to
face ...
The number of combatants thus available for immediate operation on foreign
territory at the outbreak of European war would certainly not be overrated at 400 ,
000 men . Such are the facts of the Russian frontier forces as standing face to
face ...
Pagina 215
apparent cause indicated the presence of some strange living · agent , and that
no stranger had a right to be on his territory . ' What right has he to attribute to the
lower animals human motives ? To reason from man to dog is as absurd as from
...
apparent cause indicated the presence of some strange living · agent , and that
no stranger had a right to be on his territory . ' What right has he to attribute to the
lower animals human motives ? To reason from man to dog is as absurd as from
...
Pagina 238
... the corpses of the slain ; but it surely must suggest itself to those who are thus
carried away by their feelings that Bohemia and Belgium , and a considerable
portion of France , ought to be claimed as Prussian territory on the same grounds
.
... the corpses of the slain ; but it surely must suggest itself to those who are thus
carried away by their feelings that Bohemia and Belgium , and a considerable
portion of France , ought to be claimed as Prussian territory on the same grounds
.
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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.