Essays on Peace & WarA. Shirley, 1827 - 279 oldal |
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i. oldal - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ...
106. oldal - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home - taxes on the raw material - taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health - on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal - on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice - on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride...
106. oldal - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
85. oldal - War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless ; gasping and groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice...
156. oldal - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas — a remnant of the ancient piracy — though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
107. oldal - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
106. oldal - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
i. oldal - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment...
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | Essays on Peace & War |
| Szerző | William Ladd |
| Kiadás | átdolgozott |
| Kiadó | A. Shirley, 1827 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2006. jún. 20. |
| Terjedelem | 279 oldal |
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