The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 - Antislavery movements |
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... says , " Bel- lum est eorum , qui suæ potestatis sunt , juris sui per- sequendi ergo , concertatio per vim vel dolum . " 4 Mr. Whewell , who has done so much to illustrate philoso- phy in all its departments , says , in his recent work ...
... says , " Bel- lum est eorum , qui suæ potestatis sunt , juris sui per- sequendi ergo , concertatio per vim vel dolum . " 4 Mr. Whewell , who has done so much to illustrate philoso- phy in all its departments , says , in his recent work ...
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... says , " Neque ulla re longius absumus a natura ferarum , in quibus inesse fortitudinem sæpe dicimus , ut in equis , in leonibus ; justitiam , æquitatem , bonitatem non dicimus . " De Offic . , Lib . I. cap . 16 . way through the crowd ...
... says , " Neque ulla re longius absumus a natura ferarum , in quibus inesse fortitudinem sæpe dicimus , ut in equis , in leonibus ; justitiam , æquitatem , bonitatem non dicimus . " De Offic . , Lib . I. cap . 16 . way through the crowd ...
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... says , " In war , fortune has an equal share with ability in success . " 1 The famous victory of Marengo , accident of an accident , wrested unexpectedly at close of day from a foe at an earlier hour success- ful , taught him the ...
... says , " In war , fortune has an equal share with ability in success . " 1 The famous victory of Marengo , accident of an accident , wrested unexpectedly at close of day from a foe at an earlier hour success- ful , taught him the ...
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... says , " Fortune al- ways asserts her supremacy in war ; and often from a slight mistake such disastrous consequences flow , that , in every age and every nation , the uncertainty of arms has been proverbial . " 2 And again , in another ...
... says , " Fortune al- ways asserts her supremacy in war ; and often from a slight mistake such disastrous consequences flow , that , in every age and every nation , the uncertainty of arms has been proverbial . " 2 And again , in another ...
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... says the brilliant French- man , Montesquieu , " subject even their prejudices to rules " ; and Trial by Battle , which he does not hesitate to denounce as a " monstrous usage , " was surrounded by artificial regulations of multifarious ...
... says the brilliant French- man , Montesquieu , " subject even their prejudices to rules " ; and Trial by Battle , which he does not hesitate to denounce as a " monstrous usage , " was surrounded by artificial regulations of multifarious ...
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Page 18 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 271 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Page 284 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 345 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 110 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.
Page 59 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 202 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught : then, with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness...
Page 318 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Page 45 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 44 - III. 2. Nor second He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Ecstasy, The secrets of the abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.