Reflections on the European Revolution of 1848Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1848 - 192 pages |
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... true that he had also thereby excited discontent among those who were no sharers in the gain . Of this discontent I had personal evidence during a pre- vious visit to that country . The French Elections had just then ( August , 1846 ) ...
... true that he had also thereby excited discontent among those who were no sharers in the gain . Of this discontent I had personal evidence during a pre- vious visit to that country . The French Elections had just then ( August , 1846 ) ...
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... true service . * * * The people have abused the liberty I late allowed ; I will proclaim it straiter : No men shall walk together , or salute ; For they that do shall die . " But I trow that had despot Ferrand's system been adopted 32 ...
... true service . * * * The people have abused the liberty I late allowed ; I will proclaim it straiter : No men shall walk together , or salute ; For they that do shall die . " But I trow that had despot Ferrand's system been adopted 32 ...
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... true ; - more than surprised ; even like the rest of Europe when the report reached them , astonished . Nor without reason . The quarrel lay between the Conservative and Dynas- tic parties EUROPEAN REVOLUTION OF 1848 . 333.
... true ; - more than surprised ; even like the rest of Europe when the report reached them , astonished . Nor without reason . The quarrel lay between the Conservative and Dynas- tic parties EUROPEAN REVOLUTION OF 1848 . 333.
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... true . What happened to Mr. Cripps on a small scale , will in- evitably happen to his masters on the large scale , should the contest , instead of being compromised as on Kennington Common , be pursued to the point of life and 62 ...
... true . What happened to Mr. Cripps on a small scale , will in- evitably happen to his masters on the large scale , should the contest , instead of being compromised as on Kennington Common , be pursued to the point of life and 62 ...
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... true that some legal pro- ceedings are facilitated , nevertheless the definition itself unfortunately confounds two species of offence which it were wise to keep still distinct . It is true that thereby , by the terms of the Act , the ...
... true that some legal pro- ceedings are facilitated , nevertheless the definition itself unfortunately confounds two species of offence which it were wise to keep still distinct . It is true that thereby , by the terms of the Act , the ...
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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.