| Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 524 pages
...Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed and bloody contests.—The Nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to War the Government,...propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject;—at other times, it makes the animosity of the Nation subservient to projects of hostility... | |
| Horace Binney - 1859 - 262 pages
...occur.—Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests.—The Nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to War the Government,...propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject;—at other times, it makes the animosity of the Nation subservient to projects of hostility... | |
| Maurice A. Richter - Local government - 1859 - 338 pages
...Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government,...national propensity, and adopts, through passion, wliat reason would reject. At other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects... | |
| John Warner Barber - United States - 1860 - 478 pages
...of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when accidental or trifling occasions of dis-. pute occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed,...would reject ; at other times, it makes the animosity ol the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1924 - 1040 pages
...slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling1 occasions t lu w;ir the government contrary to the bebt calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates... | |
| Law - 1928 - 1070 pages
...Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, entvenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government,...it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility, instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The... | |
| United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission - Political Science - 1941 - 904 pages
...frequent collisions, obstinate envenomed and bloody contests. — The Nation, prompted by illwill & resentment sometimes impels to War the Government,...it makes the animosity of the Nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition and other sinister & pernicious motives. — The... | |
| Henry Steele Commager - History - 1993 - 148 pages
...or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Hence, frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed,...and adopts through passion what reason would reject. In other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated... | |
| Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, some times impels to war the government, contrary to the best...it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The... | |
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