Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History: Delivered in the University of Dublin, Volume 3Graisberry & Campbell, 1820 - Europe |
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... might best dispose the cha- racters and the political circumstances of its various nations , to constitute one collective system of human society fitted to work out its own gradual melioration ; and that , in his PREFACE . xxi.
... might best dispose the cha- racters and the political circumstances of its various nations , to constitute one collective system of human society fitted to work out its own gradual melioration ; and that , in his PREFACE . xxi.
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... circumstances of its origin , and the causes from which it derived its existence ; and shall then examine its operation on the state of European society . St. Palaye , who has given the most complete and distinct account of this ...
... circumstances of its origin , and the causes from which it derived its existence ; and shall then examine its operation on the state of European society . St. Palaye , who has given the most complete and distinct account of this ...
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... ceremoniousness of these numer- ous courts can however be regarded only as having provided circumstances favourable to the institution of this singular system of man- ners the causes from the operation of which in these CHIVALRY . 5.
... ceremoniousness of these numer- ous courts can however be regarded only as having provided circumstances favourable to the institution of this singular system of man- ners the causes from the operation of which in these CHIVALRY . 5.
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... circumstances it derived its existence , were of a distinct and various na- ture ; and without them we cannot reasonably suppose , that the feudal nobles would have ex- hibited in their castles any other example , than that of a rude ...
... circumstances it derived its existence , were of a distinct and various na- ture ; and without them we cannot reasonably suppose , that the feudal nobles would have ex- hibited in their castles any other example , than that of a rude ...
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... circumstances appears to have been formed that respect for the sex , which has been noticed by Tacitus , as characteristic of the primitive manners of Germany , though he represents the females as living in a state of seclusion . In the ...
... circumstances appears to have been formed that respect for the sex , which has been noticed by Tacitus , as characteristic of the primitive manners of Germany , though he represents the females as living in a state of seclusion . In the ...
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Page 17 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 264 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 531 - E se ben ti ricordi e vedi lume, vedrai te somigliante a quella inferma che non può trovar posa in su le piume, ma con dar volta suo dolore scherma.
Page 49 - ; nor one who sleeps, nor one who has lost his coat of mail, nor one who is naked, nor one who is disarmed, nor one who looks on without taking part in the fight, nor one who is fighting with another foe...
Page 254 - Multa praeterea de sideribus atque eorum motu, de mundi ac terrarum magnitudine, de rerum natura, de deorum immortalium vi ac potestate, disputant et juventuti tradunt.
Page 254 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant, metu mortis neglecto.
Page 97 - Their poverty extorted from their pride those charters of freedom which unlocked the fetters of the slave, secured the farm of the peasant and the shop of the artificer, and gradually restored a substance and a soul to the most numerous and useful part of the community.
Page 378 - He called him ANTICHRIST, the proud worldly priest of Rome, and the most cursed of clippers and pursekervers.
Page xxvi - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 168 - Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to 6s.