Political and ethical

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Edward Moxon, Son, and Company, 1876
 

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293. oldal - Nor uninformed by books, good books, though few, In Nature's presence : thence may I select Sorrow, that is not sorrow, but delight ; And miserable love, that is not pain To hear of, for the glory that redounds Therefrom to human kind, and what we are.
275. oldal - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
294. oldal - Theirs is the language of the heavens, the power. The thought, the image, and the silent joy : Words are but under-agents in their souls ; When they are grasping with their greatest strength. They do not breathe among them...
34. oldal - Indeed, bitter and earnest writing must not hastily be condemned ; for men cannot contend coldly, and without affection, about things which they hold dear and precious.
324. oldal - Since therefore the knowledge and survey of vice is in this world so necessary to the constituting of human virtue, and the scanning of error to the confirmation of truth, how can we more safely, and with less danger scout into the regions of sin and falsity than by reading all manner of tractates, and hearing all manner of reason ? And this is the benefit which may be had of books promiscuously read.
293. oldal - Here might I pause, and bend in reverence To Nature, and the power of human minds, To men as they are men within themselves. How oft high service is performed within, When all the external man is rude in show, — Not like a temple rich with pomp and gold, But a mere mountain chapel, that protects Its simple worshippers from sun and shower.
97. oldal - Government, against subjects of Portugal, or any other individuals residing in this country, founded on the occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the month of December 1807, which may not have been paid up, are cancelled, and all sequestrations laid upon their property, moveable or immoveable, are removed, and the free disposal of the same is restored to the proper owners.
xiv. oldal - Concerning the relations of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, to each other, and to the common enemy at this crisis, and specifically as affected by the Convention of Cintra; the whole brought to the test of those principles by which alone the independence and freedom of nations can be preserved or recovered.
182. oldal - The French army shall carry with it all its equipments, and all that is comprehended under the name of property of the army...
182. oldal - All the sick and wounded who cannot be embarked with the troops are entrusted to the British army. They are to be taken care of whilst they remain in this country, at the expense of the British government, under the condition of the same being reimbursed by France when the final evacuation is effected.

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