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Pagina 32
... passing visit . Accordingly we do not find these glowing ac- counts of the British correspondent entirely supported by the native military critic . The latter alleges a want of disci- pline in the modern army of Russia . He points out ...
... passing visit . Accordingly we do not find these glowing ac- counts of the British correspondent entirely supported by the native military critic . The latter alleges a want of disci- pline in the modern army of Russia . He points out ...
Pagina 33
... passed - in short , of action subsequent to discussion . According to information before us , on the accuracy of which the reader may rely , the total active ' strength of the regular Russian army may be taken as follows : - Infantry ...
... passed - in short , of action subsequent to discussion . According to information before us , on the accuracy of which the reader may rely , the total active ' strength of the regular Russian army may be taken as follows : - Infantry ...
Pagina 47
... passed under the dominion of English law , and all the rest remained in a state of rude independence under the native chieftains . The Anglo - Norman Pale and the Celtic Land were thus wholly distinct regions , inhabited by different ...
... passed under the dominion of English law , and all the rest remained in a state of rude independence under the native chieftains . The Anglo - Norman Pale and the Celtic Land were thus wholly distinct regions , inhabited by different ...
Pagina 50
... passed over one of these names : Thomas de Revi appears to have presided as Chancellor at the cele- brated Convention of the Pale , which framed the well - known Statutes of Kilkenny , perhaps the most remarkable monument extant of an ...
... passed over one of these names : Thomas de Revi appears to have presided as Chancellor at the cele- brated Convention of the Pale , which framed the well - known Statutes of Kilkenny , perhaps the most remarkable monument extant of an ...
Pagina 51
... passed in 1494 ; and from this moment we may date the revival of English ascendency in the country . Mr. O'Flanagan seems to know nothing about the life of the prelate who doubtless pre- sided as Chancellor in this assembly ; yet he was ...
... passed in 1494 ; and from this moment we may date the revival of English ascendency in the country . Mr. O'Flanagan seems to know nothing about the life of the prelate who doubtless pre- sided as Chancellor in this assembly ; yet he was ...
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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.