The Metropolitan Magazine, Volumen28Saunders and Otley, 1840 |
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... carrying the point at any rate , and fighting it out to the last . " In the course of the same evening , and during all the following day , the leaders of that formidable plot called at my house , in suc- cessive groups , all fretting ...
... carrying the point at any rate , and fighting it out to the last . " In the course of the same evening , and during all the following day , the leaders of that formidable plot called at my house , in suc- cessive groups , all fretting ...
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... carried quite dead Drunk ; so a blister they clapp'd on his head , Then left him alone - the best thing they could do- He recover'd his health and his faculties too . Old NIPANDGRIP never got back his right wits , But sits on the ground ...
... carried quite dead Drunk ; so a blister they clapp'd on his head , Then left him alone - the best thing they could do- He recover'd his health and his faculties too . Old NIPANDGRIP never got back his right wits , But sits on the ground ...
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... carried away every honour in classics , and as he said himself , " though the gods did not give me a scientific intellect , I contrived to filch away an odd premium from far abler men . " While at college , the severe discipline to ...
... carried away every honour in classics , and as he said himself , " though the gods did not give me a scientific intellect , I contrived to filch away an odd premium from far abler men . " While at college , the severe discipline to ...
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... carried with only one dissentient voice . It is difficult to say which of the three - Grattan , Burgh , or Flood— deserves more approbation ; and though Grattan's conduct on this occasion was always considered a master - stroke of ...
... carried with only one dissentient voice . It is difficult to say which of the three - Grattan , Burgh , or Flood— deserves more approbation ; and though Grattan's conduct on this occasion was always considered a master - stroke of ...
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... carried without a division . On the same day , the Commons , preceded by the Speaker , marched in a body to the Castle , to present the distasteful address . The duke commanded the volunteers , who lined the streets in files two deep ...
... carried without a division . On the same day , the Commons , preceded by the Speaker , marched in a body to the Castle , to present the distasteful address . The duke commanded the volunteers , who lined the streets in files two deep ...
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Página 61 - Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive.
Página 94 - Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's — an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame...
Página 30 - I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 14 - Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Página 62 - As soon as several of the inhabitants of the United States have taken up an opinion or a feeling which they wish to promote in the world, they look out for mutual assistance; and as soon as they have found one another out, they combine. From that moment they are no longer isolated men, but a power seen from afar, whose actions serve for an example and whose language is listened to.
Página 368 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.
Página 61 - They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner they found hospitals, prisons, and schools.
Página 62 - It is easy to foresee that the time is drawing near when man will be less and less able to produce, of himself alone, the commonest necessaries of life. The task of the governing power will therefore perpetually increase, and its very efforts will extend it every day.
Página 63 - The first time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serious engagement ; and I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens could not content themselves with drinking water by their own firesides.
Página 62 - ... manage all the speculations of productive industry. No sooner does a government attempt to go beyond its political sphere and to enter upon this new track, than it exercises, even unintentionally, an insupportable tyranny ; for a government can only dictate strict rules, the opinions which it favours are rigidly enforced, and it is never easy to discriminate between its advice and its commands. Worse still will be the case if the government really believes itself interested in preventing all...