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... natural and salutary . Not that there is either any natural right in every man to the possession of a vote , or any gift of wisdom and virtue conferred by such possession . But if experience has established any one thing in this world ...
... natural and salutary . Not that there is either any natural right in every man to the possession of a vote , or any gift of wisdom and virtue conferred by such possession . But if experience has established any one thing in this world ...
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... nature more firm , reticent , dignified , sensitive on the point of honour , do , I think , give some satisfaction . And the aristocratic class , of which they are the agents , give some satisfaction , moreover , to this baffled and ...
... nature more firm , reticent , dignified , sensitive on the point of honour , do , I think , give some satisfaction . And the aristocratic class , of which they are the agents , give some satisfaction , moreover , to this baffled and ...
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... nature as they stand , and give full importance to all the feelings that are natural to us in each situation . And if any further argument were needed to enforce this view , it could be found in the practice of the great art schools of ...
... nature as they stand , and give full importance to all the feelings that are natural to us in each situation . And if any further argument were needed to enforce this view , it could be found in the practice of the great art schools of ...
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... nature , which the medieval world owed to Christianity , were wrought by the great Italian masters into their work ; and if we find them dwelling at times upon sorrow and pain it was not for the sake of mere effect , but for the sake of ...
... nature , which the medieval world owed to Christianity , were wrought by the great Italian masters into their work ; and if we find them dwelling at times upon sorrow and pain it was not for the sake of mere effect , but for the sake of ...
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... Nature like that of England . An academic school rests on traditions , and educates its students to abide by certain laws and methods . A school like the English , on the contrary , sends its pupils directly to Nature , and leaves them ...
... Nature like that of England . An academic school rests on traditions , and educates its students to abide by certain laws and methods . A school like the English , on the contrary , sends its pupils directly to Nature , and leaves them ...
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Page 402 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Page 54 - If any member in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 563 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 318 - An Examination of the Testimony of Primitive Times respecting the State of the Faithful Dead, and their Relationship to the Living. Crown 8vo. 6s. THE INTERMEDIATE STATE BETWEEN DEATH AND JUDGMENT. Being a Sequel to After Death.
Page 563 - I was with Hercules, and Cadmus, once, When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear With hounds of Sparta ; never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry. I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Page 764 - But thy most dreaded instrument, In working out a pure intent, Is Man — arrayed for mutual slaughter, . Yea, Carnage is thy daughter...
Page 53 - If any member, in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 251 - That this House (while fully recognizing the claims of all portions of the British Empire to Imperial aid in their protection against perils arising from the consequences of Imperial policy) is of opinion that Colonies exercising the rights of self-government ought to undertake the main responsibility of providing for their own internal order and security, and ought to assist in their own external defence.
Page 400 - Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein...
Page 907 - And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.