Essays: Political, Historical, and MiscellaneousW. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... empire to the rise of civilisation in the Western world ; a field in which he goes over the ground trod by Gibbon , and demonstrates the unbounded benefits derived from religion in all the institutions of modern times . In this noble ...
... empire to the rise of civilisation in the Western world ; a field in which he goes over the ground trod by Gibbon , and demonstrates the unbounded benefits derived from religion in all the institutions of modern times . In this noble ...
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... empire of the Cæsars , with its grandeur and its recollections , had sunk into the dust ; the venerable letters , S. P. Q. R. , no longer commanded the vene- ration save of the lettered part of mankind . A new faith , enjoining moral ...
... empire of the Cæsars , with its grandeur and its recollections , had sunk into the dust ; the venerable letters , S. P. Q. R. , no longer commanded the vene- ration save of the lettered part of mankind . A new faith , enjoining moral ...
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... empire . during that period , and produced that astonishing weakness in the ancient conquerors of the world , which rendered them the easy prey of those whom they had so often subdued ? The ancient writers content themselves with saying ...
... empire . during that period , and produced that astonishing weakness in the ancient conquerors of the world , which rendered them the easy prey of those whom they had so often subdued ? The ancient writers content themselves with saying ...
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... empire , it was in the lower ranks that the greatest and most fatal weakness first appeared . Long before the race of the Patricians had become extinct , the free cultivators had disappeared from the fields . Leaders and generals of the ...
... empire , it was in the lower ranks that the greatest and most fatal weakness first appeared . Long before the race of the Patricians had become extinct , the free cultivators had disappeared from the fields . Leaders and generals of the ...
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... empire . Michelet , in his Gaule sous les Romains , a most able and interesting work ; Thierry , in his Domination Romaine en Gaule , and his Histoire des Rois Merovingiens ; Sismondi , in the three first volumes of his Histoire des ...
... empire . Michelet , in his Gaule sous les Romains , a most able and interesting work ; Thierry , in his Domination Romaine en Gaule , and his Histoire des Rois Merovingiens ; Sismondi , in the three first volumes of his Histoire des ...
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Seite 518 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Seite 14 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Seite 654 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him : but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Seite 383 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Seite 632 - The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art.
Seite 30 - Salamis ! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course, and own the hues of heaven ; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep.
Seite 625 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Seite 383 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Seite 382 - But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Seite 633 - England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were...