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Side 5
... spirit of liberty , which can never be destroyed , will make the conquest very insecure . It is greatly to be lamented that there should still be princes not fully convinced of the truth of this opinion . As precept falls infinitely ...
... spirit of liberty , which can never be destroyed , will make the conquest very insecure . It is greatly to be lamented that there should still be princes not fully convinced of the truth of this opinion . As precept falls infinitely ...
Side 8
del for imitation . I cannot indeed convey a better idea of the spirit in which the whole of The Prince ' is written , than by ex- tracting the chapter in which Cæsar Borgia is pretended to be held forth as a model to tyrants ...
del for imitation . I cannot indeed convey a better idea of the spirit in which the whole of The Prince ' is written , than by ex- tracting the chapter in which Cæsar Borgia is pretended to be held forth as a model to tyrants ...
Side 13
... spirit he could not act otherwise than he did ; the shortness of Alexander's life and his own illness were the only obstacles to his designs . Whoever therefore , in newly ac- quired dominions , thinks it necessary to make sure of ...
... spirit he could not act otherwise than he did ; the shortness of Alexander's life and his own illness were the only obstacles to his designs . Whoever therefore , in newly ac- quired dominions , thinks it necessary to make sure of ...
Side 21
... spirit , the world is obliged for so many great men ; this first gave birth to REPUBLICAN government , which re- stores EQUALITY to mankind , and re - establishes them in their native freedom . It is impossible to persuade republicans ...
... spirit , the world is obliged for so many great men ; this first gave birth to REPUBLICAN government , which re- stores EQUALITY to mankind , and re - establishes them in their native freedom . It is impossible to persuade republicans ...
Side 28
... spirit of modern philanthropy on the hap- piness of the whole American family , while his own is in danger of being dashed to pieces . The incident is thus related : Hard was the tugging up that mighty hill , Full 28 THE BACKWOODSMAN ...
... spirit of modern philanthropy on the hap- piness of the whole American family , while his own is in danger of being dashed to pieces . The incident is thus related : Hard was the tugging up that mighty hill , Full 28 THE BACKWOODSMAN ...
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Side 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Side 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Side 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Side 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Side 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Side 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Side 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Side 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Side 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Side 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...