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... means to this end . They had been spoiled by success , and for years their vision had been obscured by flattery ; sometimes shovelled on by parliamentarians , who hoped in this manner to propitiate the Labour vote in their own ...
... means to this end . They had been spoiled by success , and for years their vision had been obscured by flattery ; sometimes shovelled on by parliamentarians , who hoped in this manner to propitiate the Labour vote in their own ...
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... means that instead of paying on 13,000 francs he will only pay on 520 francs . The next fraction of 10,000 francs ( that is , up to 30,000 francs of the balance ) is taken into account to the extent of two twenty - fifths , when he will ...
... means that instead of paying on 13,000 francs he will only pay on 520 francs . The next fraction of 10,000 francs ( that is , up to 30,000 francs of the balance ) is taken into account to the extent of two twenty - fifths , when he will ...
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... means constitute a reason for refusing her admission - since this is the essential condition for a permanent settlement of the security problem - but it shows the necessity of watchfulness and careful preparation before every important ...
... means constitute a reason for refusing her admission - since this is the essential condition for a permanent settlement of the security problem - but it shows the necessity of watchfulness and careful preparation before every important ...
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... means of safeguarding the same object even if that clause were removed . Thus , if the majority rule were introduced , the provision could be made that in cases where the sovereign rights of any nation or nations are involved , no ...
... means of safeguarding the same object even if that clause were removed . Thus , if the majority rule were introduced , the provision could be made that in cases where the sovereign rights of any nation or nations are involved , no ...
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... means by which it is to be attained , for the spontaneous idealism which is innate in all men and is a basic element of human nature to reassert itself and to demand to be given free rein . Many of our troubles arise from the fact that ...
... means by which it is to be attained , for the spontaneous idealism which is innate in all men and is a basic element of human nature to reassert itself and to demand to be given free rein . Many of our troubles arise from the fact that ...
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Page 263 - 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 269 - 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 268 - In some untrodden region of my mind, Where branched thoughts, new grown with pleasant pain, Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind: Far, far around shall those dark-cluster'd trees Fledge the wild-ridged mountains steep by steep ; And there by zephyrs...
Page 145 - 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 268 - With buds, and bells, and stars without a name, With all the gardener Fancy e'er could feign, Who breeding flowers, will never breed the same: And there shall be for thee all soft delight That shadowy thought can win, A bright torch, and a casement ope at night, To let the warm Love in!
Page 258 - Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main...
Page 281 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled And still his...
Page 581 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night : — Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of Morning, Her clouds and her tears are worth Evening's best light.
Page 419 - France is alone; and God is alone; and what is my loneliness before the loneliness of my country and my God? I see now that the loneliness of God is His strength: what would He be if He listened to your jealous little counsels? Well, my loneliness shall be my strength too: it is better to be alone with God: His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength I will dare, and dare, and dare, until I die.
Page 283 - As when a painter, poring on a face, Divinely through all hindrance finds the man Behind it, and so paints him that his face, The shape and colour of a mind and life, Lives for his children, ever at its best...