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Page 34
It is so with regard to the exercise of all the powers which our Constitution knows
in any of its parts, and indeed to the substantial existence of any of the parts
themselves. The King's negative to bills is one of the most undisputed of the royal
...
It is so with regard to the exercise of all the powers which our Constitution knows
in any of its parts, and indeed to the substantial existence of any of the parts
themselves. The King's negative to bills is one of the most undisputed of the royal
...
Page 84
He is respectable in all these particulars. I follow the constitution of the office
without persecuting its holder. It is necessary in all matters of public complaint,
where men frequently feel right and argue wrong, to separate prejudice from
reason, ...
He is respectable in all these particulars. I follow the constitution of the office
without persecuting its holder. It is necessary in all matters of public complaint,
where men frequently feel right and argue wrong, to separate prejudice from
reason, ...
Page 115
We are members for a free country; and surely we all know that the machine of a
free constitution is no simple thing, but as intricate and as delicate as it is
valuable. We are members in a great and ancient momarchy; and we must
preserve ...
We are members for a free country; and surely we all know that the machine of a
free constitution is no simple thing, but as intricate and as delicate as it is
valuable. We are members in a great and ancient momarchy; and we must
preserve ...
Page 123
... Indies,—all the enumerations of the Acts of Navigation,-all the manufactures,-
iron, glass, even the last pledge of jealousy and pride, the interest hid in the
secret of our hearts, the inveterate prejudice moulded into the constitution of our
frame, ...
... Indies,—all the enumerations of the Acts of Navigation,-all the manufactures,-
iron, glass, even the last pledge of jealousy and pride, the interest hid in the
secret of our hearts, the inveterate prejudice moulded into the constitution of our
frame, ...
Page 147
But they tell us that those our fellow-citizens whose chains we have a little
relaxed are enemies to liberty and our free Constitution.—Not enemies, I
presume, to their own liberty. And as to the Constitution, until we give them some
share in it, ...
But they tell us that those our fellow-citizens whose chains we have a little
relaxed are enemies to liberty and our free Constitution.—Not enemies, I
presume, to their own liberty. And as to the Constitution, until we give them some
share in it, ...
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Page 384 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
Page 170 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 582 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 129 - He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts...
Page 571 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 47 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 562 - Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like ; but it would leave the minds of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves.
Page 468 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 468 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 201 - Turbulent, discontented men of quality, "in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate disregard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed...
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| Title | Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives : for Use in Schools and Classes |
| Author | Henry Norman Hudson |
| Publisher | Ginn Brothers, 1876 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 636 pages |
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