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... accepted the policy of recovering prestige and extending political activities . The size of the Parliamentary Committee and the method of its election have always been matters of criticism . To placate jealousies and render criticism ...
... accepted the policy of recovering prestige and extending political activities . The size of the Parliamentary Committee and the method of its election have always been matters of criticism . To placate jealousies and render criticism ...
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... accepted a succession without going thoroughly into figures might find that the amount of the estate was not sufficient to cover the duties , court and lawyers ' fees , etc. , and actually have to make up the balance out of his own ...
... accepted a succession without going thoroughly into figures might find that the amount of the estate was not sufficient to cover the duties , court and lawyers ' fees , etc. , and actually have to make up the balance out of his own ...
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... accepted him as King of France . Even to these he would abate not a jot of his claim . ' Henry IV . made concessions , sir , ' said a perplexed courtier . ' No doubt , ' returned the King ; ' but Henry IV . was a hero , whereas I am ...
... accepted him as King of France . Even to these he would abate not a jot of his claim . ' Henry IV . made concessions , sir , ' said a perplexed courtier . ' No doubt , ' returned the King ; ' but Henry IV . was a hero , whereas I am ...
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... accepted the views of Mr. Houghton on the dis- armament question or been misled by his account of European affairs . If we try to analyse without prejudice the conditions which led up to the deadlock at Geneva , we shall find that it ...
... accepted the views of Mr. Houghton on the dis- armament question or been misled by his account of European affairs . If we try to analyse without prejudice the conditions which led up to the deadlock at Geneva , we shall find that it ...
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... acceptance of fundamental truths by one that is critical and rational . The legend of the Golden Age is looked upon ... accepted blindly . And so in a period when mankind was rapidly slipping away from the truths which are necessary to ...
... acceptance of fundamental truths by one that is critical and rational . The legend of the Golden Age is looked upon ... accepted blindly . And so in a period when mankind was rapidly slipping away from the truths which are necessary to ...
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Page 247 - She dwells with Beauty — Beauty that must die; And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh, Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips: Ay, in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine...
Page 246 - Yes, I will be thy priest, and build a fane In some untrodden region of my mind, Where branched thoughts, new grown with pleasant pain, Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind...
Page 638 - Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 129 - For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? "For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Page 241 - I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination — What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth — whether it existed before or not...
Page 236 - Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main...
Page 794 - WHEREAS it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein...
Page 814 - O Oysters,' said the Carpenter, 'You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none — And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one."* "I like the Walrus best," said Alice: "because he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.
Page 638 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ, but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 814 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.