Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Том 2Carey & Hart, 1843 |
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... sovereign without breaking the laws . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and , by a judicious exercise of this power , they might hope to take from the Church its ...
... sovereign without breaking the laws . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and , by a judicious exercise of this power , they might hope to take from the Church its ...
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... sovereign . The indecorous gallantries of the Court , the habits of gross intoxication in which even the ladies indulged , were alone sufficient to disgust a people whose manners were beginning to be strongly tinctured with austerity ...
... sovereign . The indecorous gallantries of the Court , the habits of gross intoxication in which even the ladies indulged , were alone sufficient to disgust a people whose manners were beginning to be strongly tinctured with austerity ...
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... sovereign whom James most resembled was , we think , Claudius Cæsar . Both had the same feeble and vacil- lating temper , the same childishness , the same coarseness , the same poltroonery . Both were men of learning ; both wrote and ...
... sovereign whom James most resembled was , we think , Claudius Cæsar . Both had the same feeble and vacil- lating temper , the same childishness , the same coarseness , the same poltroonery . Both were men of learning ; both wrote and ...
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... sovereign and his dissolute courtiers , or to relax in their efforts to remove public grievances . They therefore lodged the money which they voted for the war in the hands of Parliamentary Com- missioners . They impeached the treasurer ...
... sovereign and his dissolute courtiers , or to relax in their efforts to remove public grievances . They therefore lodged the money which they voted for the war in the hands of Parliamentary Com- missioners . They impeached the treasurer ...
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... sovereign of its sove- reign , at another time the servant of its servants , and the tool of its tools . From the first day of its meeting the attendance was great , and the aspect of the members was that of men not disposed to do the ...
... sovereign of its sove- reign , at another time the servant of its servants , and the tool of its tools . From the first day of its meeting the attendance was great , and the aspect of the members was that of men not disposed to do the ...
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Стр. 357 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Стр. 40 - Campbell is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years * ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat. This shows that he has good principles.
Стр. 399 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Стр. 399 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Стр. 399 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Стр. 399 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Стр. 212 - C'est pure medisance : il ne 1'a jamais e"te". Tout ce qu'il faisait, c'est qu'il etait fort obligeant, fort officieux ; et comme il se connaissait fort bien en etoffes, il en allait choisir de tous les cotes, les faisait apporter chez lui, et en donnait a ses amis pour de 1'argent.
Стр. 46 - Sir Adam introduced the ancient Greeks and Romans. JOHNSON, " Sir, the mass of both of them were barbarians. The mass of every people must be barbarous where there is no printing, and consequently knowledge is not generally diffused. Knowledge is diffused among our people by the newspapers.
Стр. 344 - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Стр. 376 - ... the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable.