History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volumen3 |
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... remained wholly devoted to the faction which had mastered the Convention . 12. Opinions were divided at Paris : how to meet so formidable a danger . Barère proposed , in the name of the Committee of Public Salvation , that the ...
... remained wholly devoted to the faction which had mastered the Convention . 12. Opinions were divided at Paris : how to meet so formidable a danger . Barère proposed , in the name of the Committee of Public Salvation , that the ...
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... remained of dignity , beauty , or virtue in the Repub- lic , they presented the most unparal- leled assemblage that modern Europe had yet seen of unblushing guilt and unbending virtue , of dignified manners and revolutionary vulgarity ...
... remained of dignity , beauty , or virtue in the Repub- lic , they presented the most unparal- leled assemblage that modern Europe had yet seen of unblushing guilt and unbending virtue , of dignified manners and revolutionary vulgarity ...
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... remained two days with- out taking nourishment . After he was for ever withdrawn from her sight , his beautiful fair locks , which still fell in profuse curls over his shoulders , were cut off , he was dressed in coarse gar- ments , and ...
... remained two days with- out taking nourishment . After he was for ever withdrawn from her sight , his beautiful fair locks , which still fell in profuse curls over his shoulders , were cut off , he was dressed in coarse gar- ments , and ...
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... remained in expec- tation of death , without giving the ex- pected signal of acquiescence , for twenty minutes , when he was permitted to continue his journey to the scaffold . He met his fate with stoical fortitude ; and it is pleasing ...
... remained in expec- tation of death , without giving the ex- pected signal of acquiescence , for twenty minutes , when he was permitted to continue his journey to the scaffold . He met his fate with stoical fortitude ; and it is pleasing ...
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... remained for nine years , between the skeletons of an ape and a camel ! " - DUVAL , Souvenirs de la Ter- reur , iv . 74 . 45. Having massacred the great of the present , and insulted the illustri- ous of former ages , nothing remained ...
... remained for nine years , between the skeletons of an ape and a camel ! " - DUVAL , Souvenirs de la Ter- reur , iv . 74 . 45. Having massacred the great of the present , and insulted the illustri- ous of former ages , nothing remained ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 353 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Página 353 - ... that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours, a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty, is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian.
Página 353 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Página 66 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 193 - Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Página 353 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and, sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
Página 160 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; — The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain — A new creation rescued from his reign.
Página 353 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 117 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 56 - Quackery, like other forms of vice, " Is a monster of such hideous mien. That to be hated, needs but to be seen. But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace"; and such has been our professional history with reference to modern quackery.