Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 7; Volume 70John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1868 |
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... ment with which this fine edifice of so- ciety has been built ; " and he proceeds to point out , exactly in the spirit and almost in the words of Mandeville , how pride was the great spur by which men were prompted to make sacrifices ...
... ment with which this fine edifice of so- ciety has been built ; " and he proceeds to point out , exactly in the spirit and almost in the words of Mandeville , how pride was the great spur by which men were prompted to make sacrifices ...
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... ment had discovered no better sanction of authority than brutal slaughter ; and the native form of faith is found to con- sist of little more than a collection of superstitious terrors . Radama - who may be fairly regarded as the Peter ...
... ment had discovered no better sanction of authority than brutal slaughter ; and the native form of faith is found to con- sist of little more than a collection of superstitious terrors . Radama - who may be fairly regarded as the Peter ...
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... ment . They possess extensive flocks of cattle ; and cultivate , and artificially irrigate , large districts , chiefly for the growth of rice - a plant wonderfully productive in the country . Slavery is a national institution , the ...
... ment . They possess extensive flocks of cattle ; and cultivate , and artificially irrigate , large districts , chiefly for the growth of rice - a plant wonderfully productive in the country . Slavery is a national institution , the ...
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... ment . In its absence , the supposition may perhaps not be untenable , that , planted among a people intellectually superior to its nature and to the advance- ment of which it was capable , this na- tive creed has remained thus dwarfed ...
... ment . In its absence , the supposition may perhaps not be untenable , that , planted among a people intellectually superior to its nature and to the advance- ment of which it was capable , this na- tive creed has remained thus dwarfed ...
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... ment . Nevertheless , strict justice cannot refuse some consideration to the peculiar circumstances in which the Queen found herself placed . The widow of Radama had succeeded to , or at least possessed herself of , a partially ...
... ment . Nevertheless , strict justice cannot refuse some consideration to the peculiar circumstances in which the Queen found herself placed . The widow of Radama had succeeded to , or at least possessed herself of , a partially ...
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Page 489 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 524 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
Page 309 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Page 327 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 446 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.
Page 524 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 491 - The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M. What do you mean ? Macb. Still it cried "Sleep no more!" to all the house: "Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more ; Macbeth shall sleep no more !
Page 262 - Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth...
Page 138 - Once more, before my dying eyes, Bathed in the sacred dews of morn The wide aerial landscape spread — The world which was ere I was born, The world which lasts when I am dead ; Which never was the friend of one, Nor promised love it could not give, But lit for all its generous sun, And lived itself, and made us live.
Page 555 - ... it appeared sometimes Bright and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.