Reflections on the European Revolution of 1848Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1848 - 192 pages |
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... represented the borough from 1807 to 1841 , when the subject of this notice was returned on the interest of Earl Bathurst . The deceased gentleman was a politician of the Peel school , and was a Lord of the Treasury during the late ...
... represented the borough from 1807 to 1841 , when the subject of this notice was returned on the interest of Earl Bathurst . The deceased gentleman was a politician of the Peel school , and was a Lord of the Treasury during the late ...
Page 99
... represented as they had been in those of Mirabeau , Danton , or Robespierre , as gang of Maroon slaves , suddenly broke loose from the house of bondage , and therefore to be pardoned for their abuse of the liberty to which they were ...
... represented as they had been in those of Mirabeau , Danton , or Robespierre , as gang of Maroon slaves , suddenly broke loose from the house of bondage , and therefore to be pardoned for their abuse of the liberty to which they were ...
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... represented France in Rome . His Holiness was nominated by Louis - Philippe - was defended by the Journal des Débats - and adopted in Rome the scheme of policy in Paris . But the Pope , un- like the King , was sincere in his Jacobinism ...
... represented France in Rome . His Holiness was nominated by Louis - Philippe - was defended by the Journal des Débats - and adopted in Rome the scheme of policy in Paris . But the Pope , un- like the King , was sincere in his Jacobinism ...
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... represented . " 17. The two Houses have the power to project laws and receive petitions . " 18. All laws require the sanction of both Houses , par- ticularly those relating to the expenditure , taxation , finance , and the sales of ...
... represented . " 17. The two Houses have the power to project laws and receive petitions . " 18. All laws require the sanction of both Houses , par- ticularly those relating to the expenditure , taxation , finance , and the sales of ...
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... represents Industry , not Property , which is appropriated to the County Representation . The Borough Voter was ... represented the class , however abject , to which he belonged . The present Bourgeoisie law of England excludes the ...
... represents Industry , not Property , which is appropriated to the County Representation . The Borough Voter was ... represented the class , however abject , to which he belonged . The present Bourgeoisie law of England excludes the ...
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Reflections on the European Revolution of 1848 (1848) A Superior Spirit,LIGHTNING SOURCE INC No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 114 - There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. Wherever they are actually found, they have, in whatever state, condition, profession, or trade, the passport of Heaven to human place and honor.
Page 44 - Merciful Heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle. 0 but man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep.
Page 184 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son...
Page 7 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape And showed a Newton as we show an ape.
Page 118 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 184 - Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 110 - Citizens! for my part, I will never adopt the red flag, and I will explain in a word why I will oppose it with all the strength of my patriotism. It is, citizens, because the...
Page 99 - All circumstances taken together, the French Revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world. The most wonderful things are brought about in many instances by means the most absurd and ridiculous; in the most ridiculous modes ; and, apparently, by the most contemptible instruments.
Page 99 - It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the affairs of France alone, but of all Europe, perhaps of more than Europe. All circumstances taken together, the French revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world.
Page 44 - The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.