PittMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 298 pagine |
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Pagina 163 - But if a man were present now at a field of slaughter, and were to inquire for what they were fighting, ' Fighting !' would be the answer, ' they are not fighting, they are pausing.
Pagina 163 - Why is that man expiring? Why is that other writhing with agony? What means this implacable fury ?" The answer must be : "You are quite wrong, sir; you deceive yourself; they are not fighting; do not disturb them; they are merely pausing. This man is not expiring with agony; that man is not dead; he is only pausing.
Pagina 101 - Highness the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right to assume the reins of government, and exercise the power of sovereignty...
Pagina 161 - The best and most natural pledge of its reality and permanence would be the restoration of that line of princes which for so many centuries maintained the French nation in prosperity at home, and in consideration and respect abroad...
Pagina 281 - From the Instant that Pitt entered the Door-way of the House of Commons, he advanced up the Floor with a quick and firm Step, his Head erect and thrown back, looking neither to the right nor to the left; nor favouring with a Nod or a Glance, any of the Individuals seated on either Side, among whom, many who possessed five Thousand Pounds a Year, would have been gratified even by so slight a Mark of Attention.
Pagina 118 - ... participating in her improvement and prosperity, receive an ample recompense for the tardy kindness, if kindness it can be called, of no longer hindering that continent from extricating herself out of the darkness which, in other more fortunate regions, has been so much more speedily dispelled. Nos . . . primus equis Oriens afflavit anhelis ; Illic sera rubens accendit lumina Vesper.
Pagina 161 - The first consul of the French republic could not doubt that bjs Britannic majesty recognised the right of nations to choose the form of their government, since it is from the exercise of this right that he holds his crown.
Pagina 141 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.