'The dangers of England, and duties of Englishmen', a letter addressed to the electors of Great Britain, by 'a British commoner' |
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able abuses agitation altogether divest amount anticipate aristocracy Austrian born genius BRITAIN BRITISH COMMONER certain number civilized Commissariat conducted constitutional contemptuous course of action DANGERS OF ENGLAND delusive demagogue diplomatists drain DUTIES OF ENGLISHMEN effect empire enemies energy Exchequer expenditure external pressure extorted fact feel financial system forfeited formidable friends G. J. PALMER Government gratuitous honour and safety House of Commons human imagine imposts incom instance interests Ireland Kronstadt LONDON ments merely miser moral necessary ness never object offices oligarchy Parliament patriotic Queen peace pecuniary pensions perceive persons pestilence petition pitiable political portion possible present alarming crisis present ministry principle public departments reformation REGENT STREET representatives rulers Russians salaries SAVOY STREET Sebastopol servile speculations strong success suffer suicidal superfluous supposed taxation taxes THOMAS BOSWORTH tion trade vestige of feudalism viduals Vienna vigorous virtually yourselves
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Page 37 - I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve who fain would sway, — and soothe — and sue — And watch all time — and pry into all place — And be a living lie — who would become A mighty thing among the mean ; and such The mass are. I disdained to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am I.
Page 22 - The intrepid Swiss, who guards a foreign shore, Condemned to climb his mountain-cliffs no more, If chance he hears the song so sweetly wild " Which on those cliffs his infant hours beguiled, Melts at the long-lost scenes that round him rise, And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs.
Page 16 - It is only by a strict and inviolable attention to such a system, that the rulers of a burdened people can flatter themselves that a nation will long remain in quiet subjection, for nothing can be more galling to those who are oppressed and overloaded, than to see other» wallowing in richee extorted from them by the chicanery and artifices of finance, whilst they can but barely furnish themselves with the means of subsistence.
Page 16 - The lonely spider's thin gray pall Waves slowly widening o'er the wall ; The Bat builds in his Haram bower, And in the fortress of his power The Owl usurps the beacon-tower ; The wild dog howls o'er the fountain's brim, With baffled thirst and famine, grim ; For the stream has shrunk from its marble bed.
Page 32 - ... on a clear obligation to see that hospitalization is as effective as possible in terms of results. It has been well said that "in a democracy the citizen has a right to expect what the citizen takes a responsibility for providing." It may be added that a cherished principle of American democracy is that the government belongs to the people, not the people to the government. State psychiatric services as a function of the government are no exception. They belong to the people, not to the government....