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... degree for the fact , that in the Nineteenth Century , among the most moral and most Christianized portion of Society , the military passion has prevailed to an extent that has rendered it hitherto almost unsafe , in point of character ...
... degree for the fact , that in the Nineteenth Century , among the most moral and most Christianized portion of Society , the military passion has prevailed to an extent that has rendered it hitherto almost unsafe , in point of character ...
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... degree of responsi- bility devolving upon those who , wielding the energies of nations at their pleasure , avail themselves of this evil bias of the heart , and furnish the objects and the occasions of warfare , the cause of War lies ...
... degree of responsi- bility devolving upon those who , wielding the energies of nations at their pleasure , avail themselves of this evil bias of the heart , and furnish the objects and the occasions of warfare , the cause of War lies ...
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... degree of civil au- i thority . In time of peace , the military would be merged in thei civil character , and the circumstances of the soldiery would re- ' , semble that of a militia , except in relation to the nature of the go ...
... degree of civil au- i thority . In time of peace , the military would be merged in thei civil character , and the circumstances of the soldiery would re- ' , semble that of a militia , except in relation to the nature of the go ...
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... degree of heat that affected the eyes ; the precaution then adopted , is to cover themselves over , and lie prostrate on the earth . A curious fact is established by this cus- tom , that any cloth , however thin , will obviate the ...
... degree of heat that affected the eyes ; the precaution then adopted , is to cover themselves over , and lie prostrate on the earth . A curious fact is established by this cus- tom , that any cloth , however thin , will obviate the ...
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... degree improbable , because allowing him to be susceptible of the sentiment of humanity or of justice , when did such considerations ever induce a man desti- tute of religious fear , to swerve from the line of policy ? It is however ...
... degree improbable , because allowing him to be susceptible of the sentiment of humanity or of justice , when did such considerations ever induce a man desti- tute of religious fear , to swerve from the line of policy ? It is however ...
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Page 90 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Page 20 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.
Page 293 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 290 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! Ada ! sole daughter of my house and heart ? When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, * But with a hope.
Page 292 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 293 - He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill ; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes, Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 230 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,' saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 297 - I found him not. 7 only stirred in this black spot; / only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew; The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 479 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Page 604 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.