New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 115Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, William Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Hood, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1859 |
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... the term to a supreme God as well as to their deified heroes . The priests of the Sintos may marry ; those of Buddha may not do so , and are , in conse- quence , if we may believe Caron , addicted to The Empire of Japan . 21.
... the term to a supreme God as well as to their deified heroes . The priests of the Sintos may marry ; those of Buddha may not do so , and are , in conse- quence , if we may believe Caron , addicted to The Empire of Japan . 21.
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... believe Caron , addicted to many malpractices . Siebold has treated at length upon the intricate subject of Japanese worship , under the head of " Nip - pon Pantheon . " That portion of his work con- tains figures and short descriptions ...
... believe Caron , addicted to many malpractices . Siebold has treated at length upon the intricate subject of Japanese worship , under the head of " Nip - pon Pantheon . " That portion of his work con- tains figures and short descriptions ...
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... believe , aneroids . Their spy - glasses and microscopes are good , and very cheap . They have a large glass manufactory which turns out glass little inferior to our own . They have a short line of railway somewhere in the interior ...
... believe , aneroids . Their spy - glasses and microscopes are good , and very cheap . They have a large glass manufactory which turns out glass little inferior to our own . They have a short line of railway somewhere in the interior ...
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... believe , from what we can gather of their character , will more than respond to our efforts to promote the cause of trade and of free inter- course ; they would , indeed , were it not for the absurd practice of exclu- siveness forced ...
... believe , from what we can gather of their character , will more than respond to our efforts to promote the cause of trade and of free inter- course ; they would , indeed , were it not for the absurd practice of exclu- siveness forced ...
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... believe nothing ill of you , " she whispered to Henry , as she passed on to the choir . The next to come in , was Mr. St. John . " What's the matter ? " he hurriedly said to Aultane , who had not a vestige of colour in his cheeks or ...
... believe nothing ill of you , " she whispered to Henry , as she passed on to the choir . The next to come in , was Mr. St. John . " What's the matter ? " he hurriedly said to Aultane , who had not a vestige of colour in his cheeks or ...
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Page 185 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 473 - But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
Page 275 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 475 - It does not occur to them to have any inclination, except for what is customary. Thus the mind itself is bowed to the yoke: even in what people do for pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of; they like in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with crimes: until by dint of not following their own nature they have no nature to follow...
Page 472 - The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion.
Page 473 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 167 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage.
Page 346 - Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose work was done, nor ought he to be lamented who died so full of honours and at the height of human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Page 473 - These are good reasons for remonstrating with him, or reasoning with him, or persuading him, or entreating him, but not for compelling him, or visiting him with any evil in case he do otherwise.
Page 477 - Were I but capable of interpreting to the world one half the great thoughts and noble feelings which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater benefit to it, than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom.