History of Civilisation, Том 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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... scarcely perceptible . Under feudality , in the middle ages , we find every mansion a fortified castle , every baron a petty sovereign , every man a tyrant or a slave . Ignorance , atrocious crime , poverty , and misery spread ...
... scarcely perceptible . Under feudality , in the middle ages , we find every mansion a fortified castle , every baron a petty sovereign , every man a tyrant or a slave . Ignorance , atrocious crime , poverty , and misery spread ...
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... scarcely be believed that rulers could have been so flagitious , or nations so brutalised , as to act in this manner . In future , from the present and prospective state of public opinion , such will not be the case . " En effet , s'il ...
... scarcely be believed that rulers could have been so flagitious , or nations so brutalised , as to act in this manner . In future , from the present and prospective state of public opinion , such will not be the case . " En effet , s'il ...
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... scarcely be imagined at this day . The barbarity and illegality of ex- pelling so many families from their native country for such an offence , and the indifference of the rest of the community respecting this act of despotism , shows ...
... scarcely be imagined at this day . The barbarity and illegality of ex- pelling so many families from their native country for such an offence , and the indifference of the rest of the community respecting this act of despotism , shows ...
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... scarcely any chance of obtaining promotion , and were thereby prevented from improving their condition . No merit , however distinguished ; no services ren- dered to the state , however great ; no virtue or talent , however splendid ...
... scarcely any chance of obtaining promotion , and were thereby prevented from improving their condition . No merit , however distinguished ; no services ren- dered to the state , however great ; no virtue or talent , however splendid ...
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... Scarcely was Louis XVIII . seated on his throne than he took to himself , for his civil list , thirty - two millions of francs ! At a subsequent period this monarch , relying on the 14th section of the Charter , levies on his people one ...
... Scarcely was Louis XVIII . seated on his throne than he took to himself , for his civil list , thirty - two millions of francs ! At a subsequent period this monarch , relying on the 14th section of the Charter , levies on his people one ...
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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. 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. 332 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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. 239 - They are by nature frank, brave, cordial, hospitable, and affectionate. Cultivation and refinement seem but to enhance their warmth of heart and ardent enthusiasm; and it is the possession of these latter qualities in a most remarkable degree which renders an educated American one of the most endearing and most generous of friends.
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. 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.