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... tion , the infamy with which posterity has stigmatised their author must appear inexplicable . We have now to examine whether his principal political work , The Prince , ' at all accounts for this infamy , and whether it be of such a ...
... tion , the infamy with which posterity has stigmatised their author must appear inexplicable . We have now to examine whether his principal political work , The Prince , ' at all accounts for this infamy , and whether it be of such a ...
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... tion of the conclave was sufficiently apparent in the loud com- plaints of some and the silent murmurs of others . Cæsar began his career of blood in 1497 , by the murder of his elder brother the duke of Gandia , his rival both in love ...
... tion of the conclave was sufficiently apparent in the loud com- plaints of some and the silent murmurs of others . Cæsar began his career of blood in 1497 , by the murder of his elder brother the duke of Gandia , his rival both in love ...
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... tion of Poland were the result of this discovery . In the examen of the seventh chapter , the king of Prussia draws a comparison between Fenelon and Machiavel . " The first , " he says , " is one of those pure intelligences that Eternal ...
... tion of Poland were the result of this discovery . In the examen of the seventh chapter , the king of Prussia draws a comparison between Fenelon and Machiavel . " The first , " he says , " is one of those pure intelligences that Eternal ...
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... tion . The answer of the old patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopt- ed by every man at the close of the longest life . " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage . " Whether we look back from fifty , or from twice fifty ...
... tion . The answer of the old patriarch to Pharaoh may be adopt- ed by every man at the close of the longest life . " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage . " Whether we look back from fifty , or from twice fifty ...
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... tion . As the ceremonies on the election of a poet laureate , to which we allude , have long been discontinued and are now almost forgotten , it may not be amiss to transcribe a few passages from the critic , whose rules appear to have ...
... tion . As the ceremonies on the election of a poet laureate , to which we allude , have long been discontinued and are now almost forgotten , it may not be amiss to transcribe a few passages from the critic , whose rules appear to have ...
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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...