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... measure it has , injurious consequences , it should be confided that the good consequen- ces are greater far , and that the mo- ral welfare of man is to exist in the midst of his intellectual light . The next question that arises , is ...
... measure it has , injurious consequences , it should be confided that the good consequen- ces are greater far , and that the mo- ral welfare of man is to exist in the midst of his intellectual light . The next question that arises , is ...
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... measure independent of knowledge , except what is communicated to them in it . Knowledge to them , -except of the great truths of religion and morality , which are also a business and the same to all men , -the moment it goes beyond the ...
... measure independent of knowledge , except what is communicated to them in it . Knowledge to them , -except of the great truths of religion and morality , which are also a business and the same to all men , -the moment it goes beyond the ...
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... measure would not leave his village - his ser- vice . His was a state intermediate between villanage and commercial in- dependence , which are the two ex- tremes . Then , relations in which was strong , always good feeling , help- ed ...
... measure would not leave his village - his ser- vice . His was a state intermediate between villanage and commercial in- dependence , which are the two ex- tremes . Then , relations in which was strong , always good feeling , help- ed ...
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... measure of value . If substance be given to it in the shape of coin , the value of the latter is intended to be as far as possible unalterable , and above the influence of variations in the price of labour . Coin , in so far as it falls ...
... measure of value . If substance be given to it in the shape of coin , the value of the latter is intended to be as far as possible unalterable , and above the influence of variations in the price of labour . Coin , in so far as it falls ...
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them . If coin vary in value it can- not be a measure of value ; it cannot accurately define variations in the value of commodities . The whole of history proves , that money , or coin , does not necessarily rise in price with ...
them . If coin vary in value it can- not be a measure of value ; it cannot accurately define variations in the value of commodities . The whole of history proves , that money , or coin , does not necessarily rise in price with ...
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Page 107 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 39 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way...
Page 446 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Page 223 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 521 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Page 138 - For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed.
Page 152 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 388 - How the deuce did all this occur so early? where could it originate ? I certainly had no sexual ideas for years afterwards ; and yet my misery, my love for that girl were so violent, that I sometimes doubt if I have ever been really attached since.
Page 388 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 14 - ... expedients of the mercantile system : the objection of forcing some part of the industry of the country into a channel less advantageous than that in which it would run of its own accord ; and, secondly; to the particular objection of forcing it, not only into a channel that is less advantageous, but into one that is actually disadvantageous ; the trade which cannot be carried on but by means of a bounty being necessarily a losing trade.