Observations on the opinions of several writers on various historical, political, and metaphysical questions1817 |
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... authorities on this subject are , as usual drawn up by Mr. Gibbon , ( ix . 257. ) with irresistible force . " Those who believe , " says Mr. G. " that Mahomet could " read or write , are incapable of reading what is written , with ...
... authorities on this subject are , as usual drawn up by Mr. Gibbon , ( ix . 257. ) with irresistible force . " Those who believe , " says Mr. G. " that Mahomet could " read or write , are incapable of reading what is written , with ...
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... authority , as any proceed . ings could do in a country that never had a constitution , and where the " higher matters of estate " have ever been as sacredly preserved from the inspection and controul of states , or parliaments , as our ...
... authority , as any proceed . ings could do in a country that never had a constitution , and where the " higher matters of estate " have ever been as sacredly preserved from the inspection and controul of states , or parliaments , as our ...
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... authorities , which could not be done in a small space , I shall merely notice that he has es- tablished the following points . ( Euvres . Tom . v . p . 168- 239 ) 1. Henry V. did not enter France in 1415 , without hay- ing concluded a ...
... authorities , which could not be done in a small space , I shall merely notice that he has es- tablished the following points . ( Euvres . Tom . v . p . 168- 239 ) 1. Henry V. did not enter France in 1415 , without hay- ing concluded a ...
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... authority for the just execu- tion of their trust , ( quis enim custodit ipsos custodes ? ) must be to produce a constant state of distrust and war between this body and the Sultan . The principal victims of a tyrant are those of whom ...
... authority for the just execu- tion of their trust , ( quis enim custodit ipsos custodes ? ) must be to produce a constant state of distrust and war between this body and the Sultan . The principal victims of a tyrant are those of whom ...
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... authority . As well may it be said that the liability to be struck by light- ning is a restraint . How can that be said to regulate the motion of a body , which , in the moment of its application , annihilates the body ? That the Turks ...
... authority . As well may it be said that the liability to be struck by light- ning is a restraint . How can that be said to regulate the motion of a body , which , in the moment of its application , annihilates the body ? That the Turks ...
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Page 305 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 221 - Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit?
Page 223 - I answer, this extraordinary effect proceeds from that very eloquence with which the melancholy scene is represented. The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner, the art employed in collecting all the pathetic circumstances, the judgment displayed in disposing them ; the exercise, I say, of these noble talents, together with the force of expression and beauty of oratorial numbers, diffuse the highest satisfaction on the audience, and excite the most delightful movements.
Page 280 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews, 3 especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Page 263 - You mean to say that the errors of Grammarians have arisen from supposing all words to be immediately either the signs of things or the signs of ideas; whereas in fact many words are merely abbreviations employed for dispatch, and are the signs of other words.
Page 163 - ... not be a single period when the mass of the people could be said to be free from distress, either directly or indirectly, for want of food.
Page 222 - He, who in earnest studies o'er his part, Will find true nature cling about his heart. The modes of grief are not included all In the white handkerchief and mournful drawl ; A single look more marks the internal woe, Than all the windings of the lengthen'd Oh.
Page 237 - ... discovered; and the more time a man is obliged to spend in ascertaining what his predecessors have already established, the less he will have to bestow in adding to its amount. The time, however, is of less consequence; but the habits of mind that are formed by walking patiently, humbly, and passively in the paths that have been traced by others, are the very habits that disqualify us for vigorous and independent excursions of our own.
Page 236 - More knowledge they prob'ably will have,-*-as we have undoubtedly more knowledge than our ancestors had two hundred years ago ; but for vigour of understanding, or pleasure in the exercise of it, we must beg leave to demur. The more there is already known, the less there remains to be discovered ; and the more time a man is obliged to spend in ascertaining what his predecessors have already established, the less he will have to bestow in adding to its amount. The time, however, is of less consequence...
Page 190 - ... in which though a particular quantity be marked by each letter, yet to proceed right it is not requisite that in every step each letter suggest to your thoughts, that particular quantity it was appointed to stand for.