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Page 43
... half his ministries ; and when the French revolution excited the horror of the world , and proved democracy to be " impious , " the piety of England concentrated upon him , and gave him tenfold strength . The monarchy by its religious ...
... half his ministries ; and when the French revolution excited the horror of the world , and proved democracy to be " impious , " the piety of England concentrated upon him , and gave him tenfold strength . The monarchy by its religious ...
Page 78
... half - Irish , half - English , statesman . The somewhat boisterous cour- age in minor dangers , and the obtrusive use of an always effectual but not always refined , common - place , which are Lord Palmerston's defects , doubtless ...
... half - Irish , half - English , statesman . The somewhat boisterous cour- age in minor dangers , and the obtrusive use of an always effectual but not always refined , common - place , which are Lord Palmerston's defects , doubtless ...
Page 87
... half upset by every crisis . Throughout his life he had an obstinacy akin to that of insanity . He was an obstinate and an evil influence ; he could not be turned from what was inexpedient ; by the aid of his station he turned truer but ...
... half upset by every crisis . Throughout his life he had an obstinacy akin to that of insanity . He was an obstinate and an evil influence ; he could not be turned from what was inexpedient ; by the aid of his station he turned truer but ...
Page 91
... half - hereditary in certain castes , and manner is one of the fine arts . It is the style of society ; it is in the daily - spoken intercourse of human beings what the art of literary expression is bull !! in their occasional written ...
... half - hereditary in certain castes , and manner is one of the fine arts . It is the style of society ; it is in the daily - spoken intercourse of human beings what the art of literary expression is bull !! in their occasional written ...
Page 93
... half spoiled it . A great part of the " best " English people keep their mind in a state of decorous dulness . They maintain their dignity ; they get obeyed ; they are good and charitable to their de- pendants . But they have no notion ...
... half spoiled it . A great part of the " best " English people keep their mind in a state of decorous dulness . They maintain their dignity ; they get obeyed ; they are good and charitable to their de- pendants . But they have no notion ...
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