The Works of Charles Sumner, Том 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... interests of the country by husbanding our resources in a time of peace , and , instead of a lavish expenditure on all the means of defence , by placing some trust in the latent and dormant energies of the nation . - SIR ROBERT PEEL ...
... interests of the country by husbanding our resources in a time of peace , and , instead of a lavish expenditure on all the means of defence , by placing some trust in the latent and dormant energies of the nation . - SIR ROBERT PEEL ...
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... interest all , particularly on 1 This is borrowed almost literally from the words attributed by Plato to the Fathers of Athens , in the beautiful funeral discourse of the Me- nexenus . - this festival , when we celebrate the Nativity of ...
... interest all , particularly on 1 This is borrowed almost literally from the words attributed by Plato to the Fathers of Athens , in the beautiful funeral discourse of the Me- nexenus . - this festival , when we celebrate the Nativity of ...
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... interest from transactions in which we are now unhappily involved . By an act of unjust legis- lation , extending our power over Texas , peace with Mexico is endangered , while , by petulant assertion of a disputed claim to a remote ...
... interest from transactions in which we are now unhappily involved . By an act of unjust legis- lation , extending our power over Texas , peace with Mexico is endangered , while , by petulant assertion of a disputed claim to a remote ...
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... interests mingle with prevailing errors , and are so far concerned in maintaining them that military men yield reluctantly to this truth . Like law- yers , as described by Voltaire , they are " conservators of ancient barbarous usages ...
... interests mingle with prevailing errors , and are so far concerned in maintaining them that military men yield reluctantly to this truth . Like law- yers , as described by Voltaire , they are " conservators of ancient barbarous usages ...
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... interest on this debt was $ 141,645,157 annually . If we add to this sum the further annual outlay of $ 66,780,817 for the army , navy , and ordnance , we shall have $ 208,425,974 as the annual tax of the English people , to pay for for ...
... interest on this debt was $ 141,645,157 annually . If we add to this sum the further annual outlay of $ 66,780,817 for the army , navy , and ordnance , we shall have $ 208,425,974 as the annual tax of the English people , to pay for for ...
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Страница 347 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Страница 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Страница 113 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night...
Страница 495 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Страница 112 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Страница 273 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Страница 286 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Страница 292 - ... view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against...
Страница 61 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Страница 65 - No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him.