Europe: Or, A General Survey of the Present Situation of the Principal Powers; with Conjectures on Their Future ProspectsO. Everett, 1822 - 451 páginas |
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... nations , and the different classes of society , at the period immediately preceding the Congress of Vienna . The national jealousies , resulting from the ancient balance of power , and the political feuds connected with the earlier ...
... nations , and the different classes of society , at the period immediately preceding the Congress of Vienna . The national jealousies , resulting from the ancient balance of power , and the political feuds connected with the earlier ...
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... of introducing the necessary improvements belongs to them , forget to perform it in practice , and sanction the existence of the most intolerable • abuses , must the nation leave the work undone , INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS : 11.
... of introducing the necessary improvements belongs to them , forget to perform it in practice , and sanction the existence of the most intolerable • abuses , must the nation leave the work undone , INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS : 11.
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... nation leave the work undone , because the sovereigns might do it better if they would consent to undertake it ? What if the sovereign himself happens to be strongly interested in the existing abuse ? Is there no , appeal for millions ...
... nation leave the work undone , because the sovereigns might do it better if they would consent to undertake it ? What if the sovereign himself happens to be strongly interested in the existing abuse ? Is there no , appeal for millions ...
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... nation take the lead from the beginning , and retain it steadily through the whole . people who had the good sense and the virtue to submit to such authority , in times when established forms and accustomed restraints had lost their in ...
... nation take the lead from the beginning , and retain it steadily through the whole . people who had the good sense and the virtue to submit to such authority , in times when established forms and accustomed restraints had lost their in ...
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... nation , is wholly so . There , the existing institu- tions are all the growth of barbarous times , accom- modated to barbarous manners , and wholly at variance with the habits and feelings of civilized nations . Still , a certain ...
... nation , is wholly so . There , the existing institu- tions are all the growth of barbarous times , accom- modated to barbarous manners , and wholly at variance with the habits and feelings of civilized nations . Still , a certain ...
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Términos y frases comunes
administration adopted affairs allies ancient appear Austria balance of power barbarous Britain British Burke cabinet cause character Châteaubriand circumstances civilization commerce common congress Congress of Vienna constitution contrary course danger despotism Duke of Berry Edinburgh Review effect emigrants emperor empire enemies England established estates European existing favour foreign France French French revolution friends of liberty Germany house of deputies house of peers immediate important independence industry influence interest Italy king kingdom late liberal party measure mediatised ment military ministers ministry nation natural neutral object obtained operation opinion opposition parliament partition of Poland perhaps period politics of Europe population practice present pretensions Price probably progress proprietors racter reform regard remarkable result revolution royal Russia society sovereigns Spain spirit sufficient superior supposed thing tical tion union United Vols wealth west of Europe whigs whole wholly Wurtemberg
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Página 371 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Página 371 - ... whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Página 372 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Página 369 - ... nee erit alia lex Romae, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna et immutabilis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium deus, ille legis huius inventor, disceptator, lator; cui qui non parebit, ipse se fugiet ac naturam hominis aspernatus hoc ipso luet maximas poenas, etiamsi cetera supplicia, quae putantur, effugerit...
Página 372 - ... and all merchant and trading vessels employed in exchanging the products of different places, and thereby rendering the necessaries, conveniences, and comforts of human life more easy to be obtained and more general, shall be allowed to pass free and unmolested ; and neither of the contracting powers shall grant or issue any commission to any private armed vessels, empowering them to take or destroy such trading vessels, or interrupt such commerce.
Página 270 - Such a writer as Cumberland, for example, who stands infinitely below Burke on the scale of intellect, may yet be regarded as his equal or superior in purely literary accomplishments, taken in this exclusive sense. The style of Burke is undoubtedly one of the most splendid forms in which the English language has ever been exhibited. It displays the happy and difficult union of all the richness and magnificence that good taste admits, with a perfectly easy construction. In Burke we see the manly movement...
Página 271 - ... we admire in Burke, as in a fine antique statue, the grace with which the large flowing robe adapts itself to the majestic dignity of the person. But with all his literary excellence, the peculiar merits of this great man were, perhaps, the faculty of profound and philosophical thought, and the moral courage which led him to disregard personal inconvenience in the expression of his sentiments. Deep thought is the informing soul that everywhere sustains and inspires the imposing grandeur of his...
Página 412 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
Página 275 - ... regards merely the use of unpremeditated language, it is far from being a difficult attainment. A writer, whose opportunities of observation give weight to his opinion, says, in speaking of the style of the younger Pitt, " This profuse and interminable flow of words is not in itself either a rare or remarkable endowment. It is wholly a thing of habit, and is exercised by every village lawyer with various degrees of power and grace.
Página 272 - ... of eloquence demands the union of the noblest qualities of character as well as intellect. To think is the highest exercise of the mind ; to say what you think, the boldest effort of moral courage ; and both these things are required for a really powerful writer. Eloquence without thoughts is a mere parade of words; and no man can express with spirit and vigour any thoughts but his own.