Europe, Or, A General Survey of the Present Situation of the Principal Powers: With Conjectures on Their Future ProspectsO. Everett, 1822 - 451 σελίδες |
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... you will still consider them only as an extended newspaper article , which may very probably lose its interest at the next arri- val . Sept. 1 , 1821 . EUROPE : & c . CHAPTER I. Introductory remarks on Prefatory Letter.
... you will still consider them only as an extended newspaper article , which may very probably lose its interest at the next arri- val . Sept. 1 , 1821 . EUROPE : & c . CHAPTER I. Introductory remarks on Prefatory Letter.
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... probably would have fallen still lower in the scale of degradation ; and instead of being , as it is , the light and glory of the world , would have exhibited the sad spectacle of decay and misery that we see in Turkey , Persia , and ...
... probably would have fallen still lower in the scale of degradation ; and instead of being , as it is , the light and glory of the world , would have exhibited the sad spectacle of decay and misery that we see in Turkey , Persia , and ...
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... probably quite unconscious that any sinister predictions existed . The present age - the age of Revolutions — will doubtless be recorded in history as one of the most remarkable epochs in the progress of society , and it may be hoped ...
... probably quite unconscious that any sinister predictions existed . The present age - the age of Revolutions — will doubtless be recorded in history as one of the most remarkable epochs in the progress of society , and it may be hoped ...
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... they appear expedient , without even the apprehension of violence . Without dwelling any longer on these general principles , which at this day would probably pre- sent but little novelty , were there even opportunity here 23.
... they appear expedient , without even the apprehension of violence . Without dwelling any longer on these general principles , which at this day would probably pre- sent but little novelty , were there even opportunity here 23.
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... probably oppose with vigor any attempt to overthrow them . Independ- ently of which , the nations themselves are not yet sufficiently improved to meditate such attempts or to wish for change . But though at present entirely safe from ...
... probably oppose with vigor any attempt to overthrow them . Independ- ently of which , the nations themselves are not yet sufficiently improved to meditate such attempts or to wish for change . But though at present entirely safe from ...
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Σελίδα 409 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country then residing in the other shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects without molestation or hindrance; and all women and children scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others...
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Σελίδα 409 - ... all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not' be molested in their persons, nor shall their houses...
Σελίδα 298 - Rousseau, which is not without a certain analogy in its forms to that of Burke. The principal of the Jesuits' college one day inquired of him by what art he had been able to write so well ;
Σελίδα 302 - As regards merely the use of unpremeditated language, it is far from being a difficult attainment. A writer, whose opportunities of observation give weight to his opinion, says, in speaking of the style of the younger Pitt, " This profuse and interminable flow of words is not in itself either a rare or remarkable endowment. It is wholly a thing of habit, and is exercised by every village lawyer with various degrees of power and grace.