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... united . Indeed , when we permit ourselves to reflect seriously on their origin , we cannot , in reason , truth , and justice , discover a plausi- ble motive to separate them . The first princi- ples and ordinances of legislation ...
... united . Indeed , when we permit ourselves to reflect seriously on their origin , we cannot , in reason , truth , and justice , discover a plausi- ble motive to separate them . The first princi- ples and ordinances of legislation ...
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... United States of America , that I shall treat of in its place ) is calculated to keep down the ebullition of the passions of the multi- tude , and maintain that continued state of tranquility , good order , peace , regularity , and ...
... United States of America , that I shall treat of in its place ) is calculated to keep down the ebullition of the passions of the multi- tude , and maintain that continued state of tranquility , good order , peace , regularity , and ...
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... United States of America . The loud trumpeted and famous Spartanico - aristocratico - democrati- co - despotico republic , compounded of all these principles , where the two worst extremes have come in collision with a violence , the ...
... United States of America . The loud trumpeted and famous Spartanico - aristocratico - democrati- co - despotico republic , compounded of all these principles , where the two worst extremes have come in collision with a violence , the ...
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... United States of America , as to intitle them to the appellation of the El Dorado of modern days . A perspective of all those mighty wonders , at the distance of three thousand miles , seen through the magni- fying lens of liberalism ...
... United States of America , as to intitle them to the appellation of the El Dorado of modern days . A perspective of all those mighty wonders , at the distance of three thousand miles , seen through the magni- fying lens of liberalism ...
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... united provinces , is but a faint imitation of the monarchical form , with the three estates of King , Lords , and Commons , of the government of Great Britain , without its energy and efficiency , unless some president , like Mr ...
... united provinces , is but a faint imitation of the monarchical form , with the three estates of King , Lords , and Commons , of the government of Great Britain , without its energy and efficiency , unless some president , like Mr ...
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Page 28 - This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Page 29 - For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Page 45 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 53 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 61 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 8 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same.
Page 28 - England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds...
Page 8 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 61 - For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 55 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds; Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,...