The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1819 |
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Strana 3
... nature as to warrant the se- vere censure which he has received . This work , at first sight , appears to be one continued series of the most wicked and abomi- nable precepts ; it seems to contain the very essence of king - craft , and ...
... nature as to warrant the se- vere censure which he has received . This work , at first sight , appears to be one continued series of the most wicked and abomi- nable precepts ; it seems to contain the very essence of king - craft , and ...
Strana 11
... nature of his minister . Having arrested him therefore on this account , he one morning caused him to be cut in two in the public square of Ce- sena , and to be exposed with part of a gibbet and a bloody knife at his side . The ferocity ...
... nature of his minister . Having arrested him therefore on this account , he one morning caused him to be cut in two in the public square of Ce- sena , and to be exposed with part of a gibbet and a bloody knife at his side . The ferocity ...
Strana 16
... nature of human institutions , all that is necessary for him is to be sufficiently prudent , to avoid the infamy of those vices which would weaken his power . With respect to the other vices which do not affect his interest , he is to ...
... nature of human institutions , all that is necessary for him is to be sufficiently prudent , to avoid the infamy of those vices which would weaken his power . With respect to the other vices which do not affect his interest , he is to ...
Strana 17
... nature of both , with- out which their power will not be durable . ” * The first systematic attack on The Prince ' was the Anti - Ma- chiavel of Gentillet , a very contemptible performance . Gentillet clearly did not understand ...
... nature of both , with- out which their power will not be durable . ” * The first systematic attack on The Prince ' was the Anti - Ma- chiavel of Gentillet , a very contemptible performance . Gentillet clearly did not understand ...
Strana 18
... nature of the work in which these observations appear , I shall confine myself to a few remarks on the two last . Amongst the numerous writers who have attacked Machiavel the late king of Prussia holds a distinguished rank . He ...
... nature of the work in which these observations appear , I shall confine myself to a few remarks on the two last . Amongst the numerous writers who have attacked Machiavel the late king of Prussia holds a distinguished rank . He ...
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Strana 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Strana 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Strana 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Strana 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Strana 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Strana 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Strana 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Strana 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Strana 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Strana 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...