Oxford English Prize Essays, Band 2D.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... Greeks , the perseverance of the Phoenicians , and the power of Alexander , had been in vain exerted , should be extended under the laws of Rome , which de- spised and degraded the profession of a mer- chant : still less was the ...
... Greeks , the perseverance of the Phoenicians , and the power of Alexander , had been in vain exerted , should be extended under the laws of Rome , which de- spised and degraded the profession of a mer- chant : still less was the ...
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... Greeks ; and slavery , civil and ecclesiastical , is among the principal causes which have pre- vented , and still continue to prevent , Spain and Portugal from deriving any proportional advan- P See Campbell's Political Survey , vol ...
... Greeks ; and slavery , civil and ecclesiastical , is among the principal causes which have pre- vented , and still continue to prevent , Spain and Portugal from deriving any proportional advan- P See Campbell's Political Survey , vol ...
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... Greeks . And moral advancement may , upon similar , and indeed upon better , grounds , be expected , from the modern systems of mental cultivation ; since it is the natural effect a Vide Montesquieu upon this subject ; who quotes the ...
... Greeks . And moral advancement may , upon similar , and indeed upon better , grounds , be expected , from the modern systems of mental cultivation ; since it is the natural effect a Vide Montesquieu upon this subject ; who quotes the ...
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... Greeks and Romans to all the barbarous nations , by which they were surrounded . later times , notwithstanding that some exceptions may be admitted to exist , amongst savage and In f One very beneficial effect of this has been the ...
... Greeks and Romans to all the barbarous nations , by which they were surrounded . later times , notwithstanding that some exceptions may be admitted to exist , amongst savage and In f One very beneficial effect of this has been the ...
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... Greek language in the study of the Scriptures . Ad- vantages which follow in this study from a critical knowledge of the Greek tongue , and an intimate acquaintance with classical philo- logy . Confirmation of the Mosaic history from ...
... Greek language in the study of the Scriptures . Ad- vantages which follow in this study from a critical knowledge of the Greek tongue , and an intimate acquaintance with classical philo- logy . Confirmation of the Mosaic history from ...
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Seite 324 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Seite 308 - Which after held the Sun and Moon in fee. But this is got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when Truth would set them free. Licence they mean when they cry Liberty...
Seite 268 - Quid enim opus est longis in senatu sententiis, cum optimi cito consentiant ? Quid multis apud populum contionibus, cum de re publica non imperiti et multi deliberent, sed sapientissimus et unus...
Seite 300 - ... 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...
Seite 135 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Seite 300 - 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 hujus inventor, disceptator, lator, cui " qui non parebit, ipse se fugiet ac naturam hominis aspernatus hoc ipso luet maximas " poenas, etiam si caetera supplicia quae putantur, effugerit.
Seite 309 - Cum in theatro imperiti homines, rerum omnium rudes ignarique, consederant, tum bella inutilia suscipiebant, tum seditiosos homines rei publicae praeficiebant, tum optime meritos cives e civitate eiciebant.
Seite 308 - Railed at Latona's twin-born progeny, Which after held the sun and moon in fee. But this is got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free.
Seite 57 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From Heav'n, for ev'n in Heav'n his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heav'n's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine, or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific...
Seite 292 - But then, on the other hand, that constitution or frame of government, that system of laws, is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty, which leaves the subject entire master of his own conduct, except in those points wherein the public good requires some direction or restraint.