History of Civilisation and Public Opinion: Continental States of Europe. Asia and America. Miscellaneous chaptersH. Colburn, 1849 |
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... Extensive foreign Possessions of the Portuguese . - Corrupt State of the Government.- Public Opinion in the Commercial Towns.- Desire for a Constitu- tional Government . - Present Advance of Civilisation CHAPTER VIII . ITALIAN REPUBLICS ...
... Extensive foreign Possessions of the Portuguese . - Corrupt State of the Government.- Public Opinion in the Commercial Towns.- Desire for a Constitu- tional Government . - Present Advance of Civilisation CHAPTER VIII . ITALIAN REPUBLICS ...
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... extensive Middle Class . - Jealousy of Wealth and Talent . Public Men not usually the best informed Persons . - The Acquirement of Wealth sought by the most intelligent Men . The Press not influential in America . Reckless Spirit of ...
... extensive Middle Class . - Jealousy of Wealth and Talent . Public Men not usually the best informed Persons . - The Acquirement of Wealth sought by the most intelligent Men . The Press not influential in America . Reckless Spirit of ...
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... extensive , nor the parties possessed of sufficient wealth in the state to enable them , un- assisted either by the upper class , or the Church and the Crown , to make an effectual stand against the lower class , and to control or even ...
... extensive , nor the parties possessed of sufficient wealth in the state to enable them , un- assisted either by the upper class , or the Church and the Crown , to make an effectual stand against the lower class , and to control or even ...
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... extensive or influential as in Great Britain . The press in France had vast influence on public opinion , from the year 1825 to the Revo- lution in 1830. Since that period , its influence has been gradually lessening , from the ...
... extensive or influential as in Great Britain . The press in France had vast influence on public opinion , from the year 1825 to the Revo- lution in 1830. Since that period , its influence has been gradually lessening , from the ...
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... extensive . The Castilians , accus- tomed to subjection themselves , assisted in imposing the yoke on their more happy and independent neighbours . The will of the sovereign became the supreme law in all the kingdoms of Spain . When ...
... extensive . The Castilians , accus- tomed to subjection themselves , assisted in imposing the yoke on their more happy and independent neighbours . The will of the sovereign became the supreme law in all the kingdoms of Spain . When ...
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Стр. 132 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Стр. 198 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forwards. The multitude passed round him, leaving the space clear, and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower. A shout of joy was raised to the god. He is said to smile when the libation of the blood is made. The people threw cowries, or small money, on...
Стр. 145 - How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky...
Стр. 294 - Hag. Under a cradle I did creep, By day ; and when the child was asleep, At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose.
Стр. 132 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Стр. 132 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Стр. 196 - Attached to it were six cables, of the size and length of a ship's cable, by which the people drew it along. Upon the tower were the priests and satellites of the idol, surrounding his throne. The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. Five elephants preceded the towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons,...
Стр. 295 - ... nocte volant puerosque petunt nutricis egentes et vitiant cunis corpora rapta suis. carpere dicuntur lactentia viscera rostris et plenum poto sanguine guttur habent.
Стр. 312 - The housewives' tun not work, nor the milk churn ! Writhe children's wrists, and suck their breath in sleep, Get vials of their blood ! and where the sea Casts up his slimy ooze, search for a weed To open locks with, and to rivet charms, Planted about her in the wicked feat Of all her mischiefs, which are manifold.
Стр. 282 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.