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Strona 8
... labour , he weighed in his mind the license and pleasures of a military life against the tedious uniformity of rural employment , and he had al- ready decided the point in his own mind , when , influenced by the super- stition of the ...
... labour , he weighed in his mind the license and pleasures of a military life against the tedious uniformity of rural employment , and he had al- ready decided the point in his own mind , when , influenced by the super- stition of the ...
Strona 9
... labour he retained with little difficulty . On the other hand Cæsar Borgia ( called by the vulgar Duke Valentine ) acquired his dominion through the fortune of his father , by whose death he was deprived of it notwithstanding he did ...
... labour he retained with little difficulty . On the other hand Cæsar Borgia ( called by the vulgar Duke Valentine ) acquired his dominion through the fortune of his father , by whose death he was deprived of it notwithstanding he did ...
Strona 45
... labour and danger . In an invasion of Africa , negotiation would be still more important than arms , since it would , first of all , be necessary to persuade the people , that their oppressors only were to be attacked , and that the ...
... labour and danger . In an invasion of Africa , negotiation would be still more important than arms , since it would , first of all , be necessary to persuade the people , that their oppressors only were to be attacked , and that the ...
Strona 78
... labour , by the trade , because there are a great many books that ought to be republished , in which they can invest their capital without paying any copy - money . Hence an American author is subjected to a very disadvantageous competi ...
... labour , by the trade , because there are a great many books that ought to be republished , in which they can invest their capital without paying any copy - money . Hence an American author is subjected to a very disadvantageous competi ...
Strona 202
... labour of descending the steep mountains between Bushire and Shiraz , was that of fastening some of the cases upon a gun - carriage , and permitting it to run at random down the de- clivities ; by which contrivance most of the carriages ...
... labour of descending the steep mountains between Bushire and Shiraz , was that of fastening some of the cases upon a gun - carriage , and permitting it to run at random down the de- clivities ; by which contrivance most of the carriages ...
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Strona 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Strona 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Strona 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Strona 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Strona 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Strona 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Strona 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Strona 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Strona 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Strona 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...