A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, FROM THE YEAR 1755 TO THE TREATY OF AMIENS IN 1802 WITH NOTES, TO VERIFY OR ELUCIDATE THE PASSAGES TO WHICH THEY REFER. |
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... spirit of christianity , by rooting out animosity and introducing harmony among men : and thus did the French monarch display his characteristic benevolence in the most amiable light , by contributing to the comfort of his subjects and ...
... spirit of christianity , by rooting out animosity and introducing harmony among men : and thus did the French monarch display his characteristic benevolence in the most amiable light , by contributing to the comfort of his subjects and ...
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... spirit of the times and existing circumstances , and induced him to adopt measures which do not appear to have been the result of his natural inclination . When the prejudices of the French nation , which had formerly been in favour of ...
... spirit of the times and existing circumstances , and induced him to adopt measures which do not appear to have been the result of his natural inclination . When the prejudices of the French nation , which had formerly been in favour of ...
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... spirit sought occasion to exert itself . The disputed right of Maria Theresa to the dominions of the house of Austria supplied him with specious grounds for taking the field against her as a claimant on the duchy of Silesia . - That ...
... spirit sought occasion to exert itself . The disputed right of Maria Theresa to the dominions of the house of Austria supplied him with specious grounds for taking the field against her as a claimant on the duchy of Silesia . - That ...
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... spirit of liberty seems to have operated with increasing force , and their numbers to have been continually augmented , as the apprehensions of being robbed of that independency with which they flattered themselves , and of that ...
... spirit of liberty seems to have operated with increasing force , and their numbers to have been continually augmented , as the apprehensions of being robbed of that independency with which they flattered themselves , and of that ...
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... spirit with the princess of Orange , his sister , insisted on the actual restoration of the prince to the authority which the constitution vested in the offices which he had filled ; whilst the French ministers , desirous to see the ...
... spirit with the princess of Orange , his sister , insisted on the actual restoration of the prince to the authority which the constitution vested in the offices which he had filled ; whilst the French ministers , desirous to see the ...
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Página 131 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 132 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king...
Página 547 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Página 549 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 45 - Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
Página 132 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 544 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Página 132 - ... Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That with the hurly death itself awakes...
Página 499 - Majesty (conformably to the sentiments which he has already declared), to meet any disposition to negotiate on the part of the enemy, with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect...
Página 547 - ... years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.