Reflections on the European Revolution of 1848Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1848 - 192 pages |
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... seems that if Joseph Henri had been condemned to death , he would have contrived by some means or other to bring these papers to light . " But of course the journalist well knew , while inditing it , that the pretended theory of mental ...
... seems that if Joseph Henri had been condemned to death , he would have contrived by some means or other to bring these papers to light . " But of course the journalist well knew , while inditing it , that the pretended theory of mental ...
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... seem , of following in this business - being political - the fashion of the ( so called ) perfidious islander ; with whom , notwithstanding the con- temptuous epithet , it has continually pleased him to run the race of freedom . Always ...
... seem , of following in this business - being political - the fashion of the ( so called ) perfidious islander ; with whom , notwithstanding the con- temptuous epithet , it has continually pleased him to run the race of freedom . Always ...
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... seems , unfortunately , to have learned all things from the past , but its wisdom . Nothing short of a servile ministry and a servile parliamentary ma- jority would satisfy his ambition . Thus it happened that he had himself become ...
... seems , unfortunately , to have learned all things from the past , but its wisdom . Nothing short of a servile ministry and a servile parliamentary ma- jority would satisfy his ambition . Thus it happened that he had himself become ...
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... seem , of jugglery , and was pleased to exhibit his own sleight - of - hand dexterity therein - a suspicious taste and a low amusement , typical of at least an immoralized intellect , that rather preferred to excite admiration by ...
... seem , of jugglery , and was pleased to exhibit his own sleight - of - hand dexterity therein - a suspicious taste and a low amusement , typical of at least an immoralized intellect , that rather preferred to excite admiration by ...
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... seems not to have apprehended either its danger or its nature . The usual court etiquette was gone through , and nothing seemed to afflict him but the effects of a sleepless night , and the urgent solicitations of his two sons , the Duc ...
... seems not to have apprehended either its danger or its nature . The usual court etiquette was gone through , and nothing seemed to afflict him but the effects of a sleepless night , and the urgent solicitations of his two sons , the Duc ...
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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.