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... heart of man . Again , what would become of the Hæc olim meminisse juvabit of the poet , if a principle of fluctuation and reaction is not inherent in the very constitution of our nature . or if all moral truth is a mere literal truism ...
... heart of man . Again , what would become of the Hæc olim meminisse juvabit of the poet , if a principle of fluctuation and reaction is not inherent in the very constitution of our nature . or if all moral truth is a mere literal truism ...
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... heart hovers and fixes nearer home . It is true , the bands of private , or of local and natural affection , are often , nay in general , too highly strained , so as frequently to do harm instead of good : but the present question is ...
... heart hovers and fixes nearer home . It is true , the bands of private , or of local and natural affection , are often , nay in general , too highly strained , so as frequently to do harm instead of good : but the present question is ...
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... heart , that is , to the natural feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the natural prejudices of mankind , and the habitual ...
... heart , that is , to the natural feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the natural prejudices of mankind , and the habitual ...
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... hearts of wretches in garrets and night - cellars , petty pilferers and marauders , who cut throats and pick pockets with their own hands ? The thing is impossible . The laws of the country are therefore ineffectual and abortive ...
... hearts of wretches in garrets and night - cellars , petty pilferers and marauders , who cut throats and pick pockets with their own hands ? The thing is impossible . The laws of the country are therefore ineffectual and abortive ...
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... heart- less indifference for a superiority to more natural and generous feelings . Our ardent and dauntless reformer followed out the moral of the parable of the Good Sama- ritan into its most rigid and repulsive consequences with a pen ...
... heart- less indifference for a superiority to more natural and generous feelings . Our ardent and dauntless reformer followed out the moral of the parable of the Good Sama- ritan into its most rigid and repulsive consequences with a pen ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.