A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, FROM THE YEAR 1755 TO THE TREATY OF AMIENS IN 1802 WITH NOTES, TO VERIFY OR ELUCIDATE THE PASSAGES TO WHICH THEY REFER. |
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Pàgina 10
... intended to employ themselves in the fisheries on the French coasts . — Thus did the christian king render himself worthy of that appellation by conforming to the true spirit of christianity , by rooting out animosity and introducing ...
... intended to employ themselves in the fisheries on the French coasts . — Thus did the christian king render himself worthy of that appellation by conforming to the true spirit of christianity , by rooting out animosity and introducing ...
Pàgina 39
... intended to restrain the aristocracy and set bounds to a lawless democracy . Seventy - nine magistrates of the different towns and states of the republic associated themselves for that purpose . But their proposals of mutual concession ...
... intended to restrain the aristocracy and set bounds to a lawless democracy . Seventy - nine magistrates of the different towns and states of the republic associated themselves for that purpose . But their proposals of mutual concession ...
Pàgina 46
... intended , and that the most " refined politicians do not always know whither they are leading the state by their pro- " jects . " - Ferguson on Civil Society . 205 . valour and martial accomplishments . Nor were they aware that 46 FRANCE .
... intended , and that the most " refined politicians do not always know whither they are leading the state by their pro- " jects . " - Ferguson on Civil Society . 205 . valour and martial accomplishments . Nor were they aware that 46 FRANCE .
Pàgina 48
... intended to introduce new provincial administrations , to change the present system of finance , which laid the chief burthen of the land tax on the least affluent part of the nation , and to increase the revenue , whilst it afforded ...
... intended to introduce new provincial administrations , to change the present system of finance , which laid the chief burthen of the land tax on the least affluent part of the nation , and to increase the revenue , whilst it afforded ...
Pàgina 51
... intended to relieve them of the burthens which had been unjustly heaped upon them . - Her majesty's taste for gaiety and dissipation had , in some instances , degene- rated into such improprieties of conduct as had estranged from her ...
... intended to relieve them of the burthens which had been unjustly heaped upon them . - Her majesty's taste for gaiety and dissipation had , in some instances , degene- rated into such improprieties of conduct as had estranged from her ...
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Pàgina 131 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody?
Pàgina 132 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king...
Pàgina 547 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Pàgina 549 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Pàgina 45 - Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
Pàgina 132 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Pàgina 544 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Pàgina 132 - ... Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That with the hurly death itself awakes...
Pàgina 499 - Majesty (conformably to the sentiments which he has already declared), to meet any disposition to negotiate on the part of the enemy, with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect...
Pàgina 547 - ... years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.