Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 26Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1854 |
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... possessed a peculiar aptitude for confirming our impressions relative to the manner of solving the difficult problems connected with the late changes in France . Very appropriately , too , Mr. Merivale's prolix narrative , so far as it ...
... possessed a peculiar aptitude for confirming our impressions relative to the manner of solving the difficult problems connected with the late changes in France . Very appropriately , too , Mr. Merivale's prolix narrative , so far as it ...
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... to gild his better deeds , there was nothing harsh or stern in his manner or general bearing . He possessed in an eminent degree the grace , the dignity and the decorum of 1854. ] 13 LOUIS NAPOLEON AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR .
... to gild his better deeds , there was nothing harsh or stern in his manner or general bearing . He possessed in an eminent degree the grace , the dignity and the decorum of 1854. ] 13 LOUIS NAPOLEON AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR .
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... possession of the insignia of empire , if he could have consented to trouble himself with its burdens . The two friends and counsellors of Augustus constitute an integral and essential part of his career , as it was through them he won ...
... possession of the insignia of empire , if he could have consented to trouble himself with its burdens . The two friends and counsellors of Augustus constitute an integral and essential part of his career , as it was through them he won ...
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... possessed , in an eminent degree , the peculiar intuition into all the recesses of the heart possessed by the great Italian statesmen , diplomatists and political writers , and also to have had the same consummate art in detecting and ...
... possessed , in an eminent degree , the peculiar intuition into all the recesses of the heart possessed by the great Italian statesmen , diplomatists and political writers , and also to have had the same consummate art in detecting and ...
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... possession of the whole machinery of power effect . Ostentation , magni- ficence , liberality and the semblance of generosity ; —the reminiscences of the past and the vanities of the hour ; -pre- sent gratitude and future hopes ; -grand ...
... possession of the whole machinery of power effect . Ostentation , magni- ficence , liberality and the semblance of generosity ; —the reminiscences of the past and the vanities of the hour ; -pre- sent gratitude and future hopes ; -grand ...
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Page 48 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 50 - The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And, indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of the society. May we not even say that that form of government is best, which provides the most effectually for a pure selection of these natural aristoi into the offices of government?
Page 141 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 335 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 141 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Page 215 - From these things it follows, that in questions of difficulty, or such as are thought so, where more satisfactory evidence cannot be had, or is not seen, if the result of examination be, that there appears, upon the whole, any the lowest presumption on one side, and none on the other, or a greater presumption on one side, though in the lowest degree grea• The Story is told by Mr Locke, in the chapter of Probability. ter, this determines the question, even in matters of speculation...
Page 345 - A specious theory is confuted by this free and perfect experiment, which demonstrates that the liberty of divorce does not contribute to happiness and virtue.