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... principles such as no indi- viduals can disown . If it is wrong and inglorious when individuals consent and agree to determine their petty controversies by combat , it must be equally wrong and THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 13.
... principles such as no indi- viduals can disown . If it is wrong and inglorious when individuals consent and agree to determine their petty controversies by combat , it must be equally wrong and THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 13.
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... principle between those min- isters of the Gospel who themselves gird on the sword , as in the olden time , and those others , unarmed , and in customary suit of solemn black , who lend the sanction of their presence to the martial ...
... principle between those min- isters of the Gospel who themselves gird on the sword , as in the olden time , and those others , unarmed , and in customary suit of solemn black , who lend the sanction of their presence to the martial ...
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... principle of monarchy , and the latter the ani- mating principle of a republic ; but he reveals the inferi- ority of honor , as a principle , when he adds , that , in a well - governed monarchy , almost everybody is a good - 1 The death ...
... principle of monarchy , and the latter the ani- mating principle of a republic ; but he reveals the inferi- ority of honor , as a principle , when he adds , that , in a well - governed monarchy , almost everybody is a good - 1 The death ...
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... principles of Peace . Are Treaties of Amity mere words ? Are relations of Commerce and mutual interest mere things of a day ? Are professions of Peace vain ? Else why not repose in quiet THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 77.
... principles of Peace . Are Treaties of Amity mere words ? Are relations of Commerce and mutual interest mere things of a day ? Are professions of Peace vain ? Else why not repose in quiet THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 77.
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... principle of freedom to avoid a standing army ; and one of the complaints in the Declaration of Independence was , that George the Third had quartered large bodies of troops in the Colonies . For the first years after the adoption of ...
... principle of freedom to avoid a standing army ; and one of the complaints in the Declaration of Independence was , that George the Third had quartered large bodies of troops in the Colonies . For the first years after the adoption of ...
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Seite 18 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Seite 271 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 284 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Seite 345 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 110 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.
Seite 59 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Seite 202 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught : then, with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness...
Seite 318 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Seite 45 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Seite 44 - III. 2. Nor second He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Ecstasy, The secrets of the abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.