Another stroll, being the third, of W.C.S. and his alter idem friend P.P. |
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... true love for country , who burn . No ! quarter our standard of green : Let the hues of rich orange be there ; And the colours of Derry be seen , Where the verdures of Erin appear . We would ask you to be our Ally ; Be generous , brave ...
... true love for country , who burn . No ! quarter our standard of green : Let the hues of rich orange be there ; And the colours of Derry be seen , Where the verdures of Erin appear . We would ask you to be our Ally ; Be generous , brave ...
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... true : Against him , it may be , fought thine ; Both bravely and loyally too . † Your's conquered ; ' tis yours to forgive : Nor remembrance ought either to have Of the past , but that those , who now live , Are sprung from the loyal ...
... true : Against him , it may be , fought thine ; Both bravely and loyally too . † Your's conquered ; ' tis yours to forgive : Nor remembrance ought either to have Of the past , but that those , who now live , Are sprung from the loyal ...
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... true . But where the commands of Deity have not interposed , I am free to regulate myself by sublunary rules ; and to shrink from believing what I am unable to comprehend . The Pastor , accordingly , admits that belief to be quite ...
... true . But where the commands of Deity have not interposed , I am free to regulate myself by sublunary rules ; and to shrink from believing what I am unable to comprehend . The Pastor , accordingly , admits that belief to be quite ...
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... true , we see , A feeling nice of honour join To stanch fidelity . † While upon the subject of animal ( brute- animal ) sentiment and mind , may I , with refer- ence to pages 36 and 37 of the second dialogue , soar ( parenthetically ) ...
... true , we see , A feeling nice of honour join To stanch fidelity . † While upon the subject of animal ( brute- animal ) sentiment and mind , may I , with refer- ence to pages 36 and 37 of the second dialogue , soar ( parenthetically ) ...
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... in my pocket- book , for your luncheon . But , suitably to my name , I must forewarn you , that you will not relish them . For , in her ladyship's formation , * All this is true . I believe I have insinuated , that there is less E 3 41.
... in my pocket- book , for your luncheon . But , suitably to my name , I must forewarn you , that you will not relish them . For , in her ladyship's formation , * All this is true . I believe I have insinuated , that there is less E 3 41.
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Page 25 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 19 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 25 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 138 - Il ya toujours dans un État des gens distingués par la naissance, les richesses ou les honneurs ; mais s'ils étaient confondus parmi le peuple, et s'ils n'y avaient qu'une voix comme les autres, la liberté...
Page 77 - If we travel still farther into antiquity, we shall find a direct contrary opinion and practice prevailing; and, if antiquity is to be authority, a thousand such authorities may be produced, successively contradicting each other. But if we proceed on, we shall at last come out right; we shall come to the time when man came from the hand of his Maker. What was he then? Man. Man was his high and only title, and a higher cannot be given him.
Page 125 - St. 1, c. 5, that no petition to the king, or either house of parliament, for any alteration in church or state, shall be signed by above twenty persons, unless the matter thereof be approved by three justices of the peace, or the major part of the grand jury in the country; and in London by the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council: nor shall any petition be presented by more than ten persons at a time.
Page 116 - ... not consent to the passing of acts necessary for the preservation of the people, the Commons, together with such of the Lords as are more sensible of the danger, must join together, and represent the matter to his majesty'.
Page 150 - Cicéron , après être débarqué, entra dans sa maison et se coucha pour prendre du repos ; mais la plupart de ces corbeaux étant venus se poser sur la fenêtre de sa chambre jetaient des cris effrayants.
Page 120 - Patrum, ut nimis feroces suos credere juvenes esse, ita malle, si modus excedendus esset, suis quàm adversariis superesse animos. Adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis, dum ' aequari velle' simulando ita se quisque extollit ut deprimat alium, in difficili est ; cavendoque ne metuant homines, metuendos ultro se efficiunt ; et injuriam a nobis repulsam, tanquam aut facere aut pati necesse sit, injungimus aliis 3.
Page 139 - Le grand avantage des représentants, c'est qu'ils sont capables de discuter les affaires. Le peuple n'y est point du tout propre; ce qui forme un des grands inconvénients de la démocratie.