The National quarterly review, ed. by E.I. SearsEdward Isidore Sears 1873 |
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... force of his genius , and maintained his position through the force of his character . The second attained to the imperial crown through the prestige of a name which he had done nothing to distinguish , and to which , indeed , it is ...
... force of his genius , and maintained his position through the force of his character . The second attained to the imperial crown through the prestige of a name which he had done nothing to distinguish , and to which , indeed , it is ...
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... forces of Europe to extinguish it , and although it went down in blood , as did the second , the catastrophe was distin- guished by genius and heroism ; but what is to be said of Sedan after Waterloo ? " What have you done with France ...
... forces of Europe to extinguish it , and although it went down in blood , as did the second , the catastrophe was distin- guished by genius and heroism ; but what is to be said of Sedan after Waterloo ? " What have you done with France ...
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... force ( 9th November , 1799 ) , and assumed the consulate , he set these tribunals in operation , and in five months they condemned 724 persons to death . These were the coups d'état by which he arose to the imperial throne . So , on ...
... force ( 9th November , 1799 ) , and assumed the consulate , he set these tribunals in operation , and in five months they condemned 724 persons to death . These were the coups d'état by which he arose to the imperial throne . So , on ...
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... force of circumstances rather than to the ambition and perfidy of the men . That this was the case with Napoleon III . is pretty clear . The assembly , headed by General Changar- nier , who was anxious to be dictator , were at open war ...
... force of circumstances rather than to the ambition and perfidy of the men . That this was the case with Napoleon III . is pretty clear . The assembly , headed by General Changar- nier , who was anxious to be dictator , were at open war ...
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... force than ever , and it has cost Italy many years of war and suffering to regain her liberties . Let us see how Italy fared with the French republic of 1848 , the president , Louis Napoleon , and the second empire . The downfall of ...
... force than ever , and it has cost Italy many years of war and suffering to regain her liberties . Let us see how Italy fared with the French republic of 1848 , the president , Louis Napoleon , and the second empire . The downfall of ...
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Page 305 - it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 4. That levying money for, or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal, and
Page 142 - general assembly have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
Page 305 - King James the Second having abdicated the government, and the throne being thereby vacant, his Highness, the Prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious instrument of delivering this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power), did cause letters to be
Page 302 - Society; but I shall not confine myself to them. Is it possible I should ? It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the affairs of France alone, but of all Europe. All circumstances, taken together, the French Revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world.
Page 309 - beneficence- acting by rule. Men have a right to live by that rule; they have a right to justice; as between their fellows, whether their fellows are in politic function or in ordinary occupations. They have a right to the fruits of their industry, and to the means of making their industry fruitful They have a right to the
Page 142 - upon the inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom. This resolution
Page 305 - declare: 1. That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 4. That levying money for, or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal,
Page 27 - in terms of y ; then we find the value of y in terms of x; and so on we may continue forever without coming nearer to a solution. The antithesis of subject and object, never to be transcended while consciousness lasts, renders impossible all knowledge of that ultimate reality in which subject and object are
Page 305 - counties, cities, universities, boroughs and cinque-ports for the choosing of such persons to represent them as were of right to be sent to parliament to meet and sit at Westminster, upon the two and
Page 217 - This is true liberty, when free-bom men, Having to advise the public, may speak free/ Which he who can and will, deserves high praise : Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace.