The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 134A. Constable, 1871 |
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... expression was used that Poland was as the boulet attached to the heel of the convict , and that [ the convict could not hope for self - assertion until he had rid himself of the boulet . All this seems now to be changed . Except among ...
... expression was used that Poland was as the boulet attached to the heel of the convict , and that [ the convict could not hope for self - assertion until he had rid himself of the boulet . All this seems now to be changed . Except among ...
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... expression of the harmony and the oneness characterising the Russian Empire from end to end for political purposes . Is it not true that the sense entertained by foreign countries of this political unity within the circle of the Russian ...
... expression of the harmony and the oneness characterising the Russian Empire from end to end for political purposes . Is it not true that the sense entertained by foreign countries of this political unity within the circle of the Russian ...
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... expression of their views . There are no qualms of national conscience as to the righteousness or sinfulness of war . wars are justified in the Russian's eyes , if they satisfy what he holds to be the legitimate aims of his country . At ...
... expression of their views . There are no qualms of national conscience as to the righteousness or sinfulness of war . wars are justified in the Russian's eyes , if they satisfy what he holds to be the legitimate aims of his country . At ...
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... expressed in these words— The organised militia of a people numbering eighty millions does not protect the State from the possibility of defeat in offen- ' sive war , but it does protect the country from the conse- 6 quences of such ...
... expressed in these words— The organised militia of a people numbering eighty millions does not protect the State from the possibility of defeat in offen- ' sive war , but it does protect the country from the conse- 6 quences of such ...
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... expressed deep regret at the violation of it . Having been appointed Chancellor of Ireland , he threw all his influence on the side of a policy of mercy to the vanquished nation ; and he steadily opposed the fierce zealots who cla ...
... expressed deep regret at the violation of it . Having been appointed Chancellor of Ireland , he threw all his influence on the side of a policy of mercy to the vanquished nation ; and he steadily opposed the fierce zealots who cla ...
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Page 216 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,5 the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Page 254 - And all is well, tho' faith and form Be sunder'd in the night of fear; Well roars the storm to those that hear A deeper voice across the storm, Proclaiming social truth shall spread, And justice, ev'n tho' thrice again The red fool-fury of the Seine Should pile her barricades with dead.
Page 228 - The most ancient progenitors in the kingdom of the Vertebrata, at which we are able to obtain an obscure glance, apparently consisted of a group of marine animals," resembling the larvae of existing Ascidians. These animals probably gave rise to a group of fishes, as lowly organized as the lancelet; and from these the Ganoids, and other fishes like the Lepidosiren, must have been developed. From such fish a very small advance would carry us on to the Amphibians.
Page 323 - For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with the concerns of the Athenians; therefore I hold my ears and tear myself away from him.
Page 216 - Secondly, as soon as the mental faculties had become highly developed, images of all past actions and motives would be incessantly passing through the brain...
Page 216 - Thirdly, after the power of language had been acquired, and the wishes of the community could be expressed, the common opinion how each member ought to act for the public good, would naturally become in a paramount degree the guide to action.
Page 74 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Page 306 - Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless career.
Page 81 - Yea, I am found the woman in all tales, The face caught always in the story's face: I Helen, holding Paris by the lips, Smote Hector through the head; I Cressida So kissed men's mouths that they went sick or mad, Stung right at brain with me; I Guenevere...
Page 228 - The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys; and from the latter, at a remote period, Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe, proceeded.