Oxford English Prize Essays, Band 2D.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... steady course , is superior to the caprice of fortune : its welfare is independent of external influence , or the d Smith's Wealth of Nations . fluctuation of human affairs . The latter is no sooner 8 ON AGRICULTURE .
... steady course , is superior to the caprice of fortune : its welfare is independent of external influence , or the d Smith's Wealth of Nations . fluctuation of human affairs . The latter is no sooner 8 ON AGRICULTURE .
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fluctuation of human affairs . The latter is no sooner stripped of its gay , delusive splendour , which a gale may dissipate , or the failure of an imaginary credit may subvert , than it declines as rapidly as it rose . The channels of ...
fluctuation of human affairs . The latter is no sooner stripped of its gay , delusive splendour , which a gale may dissipate , or the failure of an imaginary credit may subvert , than it declines as rapidly as it rose . The channels of ...
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... human action , but holds forth better and more noble motives . The hope of pecuniary recompense is the only engine government can employ , to encourage mercantile enterprise , or mechanical ingenuity ; but the glow of emula- tion , and ...
... human action , but holds forth better and more noble motives . The hope of pecuniary recompense is the only engine government can employ , to encourage mercantile enterprise , or mechanical ingenuity ; but the glow of emula- tion , and ...
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... human body , strong , active , and capable of enduring fatigue , but at the same time inadequate to the task of always furnishing sustenance for itself ; and the mind , desirous of gain , fond of society , and eager to enlarge its ...
... human body , strong , active , and capable of enduring fatigue , but at the same time inadequate to the task of always furnishing sustenance for itself ; and the mind , desirous of gain , fond of society , and eager to enlarge its ...
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... human frame , and expires at the instant it is felt . But society is never found to continue in a state of stagnation : it has its ebbs and flows , its diminutions and increase . The mind , which was sunk into the lowest degradation ...
... human frame , and expires at the instant it is felt . But society is never found to continue in a state of stagnation : it has its ebbs and flows , its diminutions and increase . The mind , which was sunk into the lowest degradation ...
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admiration advantages ages agriculture Anacharsis ancient appear Aristotle arts attained authority barbarous cause cerned character Charlemagne chivalry Christianity Cicero circumstances civil commerce common sense considered contemplation cultivation degree derived diffused discoveries distinction effects elegant equally Europe evils excellence exertions faculty fame favour feelings freedom genius glory greater Greece Greek Greek language Hanseatic league happiness human important improvement individual influence inquiry institution intellectual interest invention judgment knighthood labour laws learning liberty ligion Lusiad mankind manners means ment mind modern Montesquieu moral nations natural philosophy nature nihil noble object opinion ORIEL COLLEGE passion patriotism perhaps philosophy Phocion Phoenicia political possession praise prejudices pride principle produce progress pursuit quæ racter rank reason refinement regard religion Roman rude savage sense of honour sentiment society spirit superior talents taste tion truth V. I. P. II vices virtue Wealth of Nations whilst
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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.