Political Essays, with Sketches of Public CharactersWilliam Hone, 1819 - 439 páginas |
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Página xix
... better of servility , while reason and humanity might have pleaded in vain . The exception proved the rule ; and this evi- dence was alone wanting to establish their character for independence and disinterestedness . When some years ago ...
... better of servility , while reason and humanity might have pleaded in vain . The exception proved the rule ; and this evi- dence was alone wanting to establish their character for independence and disinterestedness . When some years ago ...
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... better than that which is . He is by the supposition a speculative ( and somewhat fantas- tical ) character ; but there is no end of possible speculations , of imaginary questions , and nice dis- : * tinctions ; or if there were , he ...
... better than that which is . He is by the supposition a speculative ( and somewhat fantas- tical ) character ; but there is no end of possible speculations , of imaginary questions , and nice dis- : * tinctions ; or if there were , he ...
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... men to their duties - habit , example , regard to appearances are relaxed in them ; and other and better principles are , as yet , weak and unconfirmed . 66 softer substance , and made of more yielding materials XXX PREFACE .
... men to their duties - habit , example , regard to appearances are relaxed in them ; and other and better principles are , as yet , weak and unconfirmed . 66 softer substance , and made of more yielding materials XXX PREFACE .
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... better courtier than Mr. Southey ; and we are of opinion that the honours of a Court can no where be so gracefully or deservedly bestowed as on its fol- lowers . His acceptance of this mark of court favour would not have broken in upon ...
... better courtier than Mr. Southey ; and we are of opinion that the honours of a Court can no where be so gracefully or deservedly bestowed as on its fol- lowers . His acceptance of this mark of court favour would not have broken in upon ...
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... better than this , in his drawing- room verses , he should get some contributor to the Lady's Maga- zine to polish them for him . We have turned over the Ode again , which extends to twenty pages , in the hope of finding some one ...
... better than this , in his drawing- room verses , he should get some contributor to the Lady's Maga- zine to polish them for him . We have turned over the Ode again , which extends to twenty pages , in the hope of finding some one ...
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abuse admiration Allies answer better Bonaparte Bourbons Burke cause character Coleridge Commission of Government common consequences contempt Courier court divine right doctrine Duke of Wellington earth enemy equally evil favour feelings force Fouché France French Revolution genius give hands hates heart honour human imagination interest Jacobin John Ball justice King knaves labour Legitimacy liberty live Lord Castlereagh Lord William Bentinck Louis XVIII Malthus Malthus's mankind mind moral nation nature never object opinion Paris passions patriotism peace persons philosopher poet poetry political poor population prejudices present pretensions Prince principle Quarterly Review question reason reform Rehoboam reign religion renegado Robert Southey rotten boroughs sense sentiments shew slaves Southey Southey's spirit suppose Talleyrand taxes thing thought throne tion true truth understanding vanity Vetus vice and misery virtue Wat Tyler whole words wretched write
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Página 142 - And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Página 130 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father hath chastised you with whips, but I « will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 144 - What is he, whose grief Bears such an emphasis ? whose phrase of sorrow Conjures the wand'ring stars, and makes them stand Like wonder-wounded hearers ? this is I, Hamlet the Dane.
Página xxxv - Chaste Matrons praise her, and grave Bishops bless: In golden Chains the willing World she draws, And hers the Gospel is, and hers the Laws: Mounts the Tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead!
Página 130 - So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Página 138 - The preacher then launched into his subject, like an eagle dallying with the wind. The sermon was upon peace and war — upon church and state — not their alliance, but their separation — on the spirit of the world, and the spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.
Página 255 - And all our dainty terms for fratricide; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues Like mere abstractions, empty sounds to which We join no feeling and attach no form! As if the soldier died without a wound; As if the fibres of this godlike frame Were gored without a pang...
Página 138 - And for myself, I could not have been more delighted if I had heard the music of the spheres. Poetry and Philosophy had met together. Truth and Genius had embraced, under the eye and with the sanction of Religion.
Página 372 - 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.
Página 276 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.