Oxford English Prize Essays, Band 2D.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... depend so much on the patronage of fashion and prevailing opinion , that their value cannot be with certainty predicted beyond the present day . Hence , in some in- stances , the enterprises of the merchant are timid and feeble ; in ...
... depend so much on the patronage of fashion and prevailing opinion , that their value cannot be with certainty predicted beyond the present day . Hence , in some in- stances , the enterprises of the merchant are timid and feeble ; in ...
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... depends on it for support . The landholder , who has no means of disposing of the superfluous produce of his land , will not be desirous of raising more than sufficient for the sustenance of himself and his dependents ; and in whatever ...
... depends on it for support . The landholder , who has no means of disposing of the superfluous produce of his land , will not be desirous of raising more than sufficient for the sustenance of himself and his dependents ; and in whatever ...
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... depends on its own produce alone for subsistence , is still subject to an evil , which all the powers of husbandry z Mickle's History of the discovery of India , prefixed to the Lusiad , 32 . a Divisa arboribus patriæ . Virg . Geo . ii ...
... depends on its own produce alone for subsistence , is still subject to an evil , which all the powers of husbandry z Mickle's History of the discovery of India , prefixed to the Lusiad , 32 . a Divisa arboribus patriæ . Virg . Geo . ii ...
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... depends much on ex- ternal causes . The germ , which has slept through the winter in the parent stock , is drawn forth and matured by the genial showers of f Book x . Epist . 8. to Atticus . spring and the warm sun of summer : the spark ...
... depends much on ex- ternal causes . The germ , which has slept through the winter in the parent stock , is drawn forth and matured by the genial showers of f Book x . Epist . 8. to Atticus . spring and the warm sun of summer : the spark ...
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... depend on his skill in arms , would be trained in them , as it were , from his very cradle ; they would be the first playthings put into his hands , the first in- structions he received would have nothing but arms for their object , and ...
... depend on his skill in arms , would be trained in them , as it were , from his very cradle ; they would be the first playthings put into his hands , the first in- structions he received would have nothing but arms for their object , and ...
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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.