The Revolt of the Bees ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 - 272 páginas |
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... desire to change the policy they had hitherto pur- sued . Secret meetings were held by the revolu- tionists , who dispatched emissaries to the neighbour- ing hives in order to establish a correspondence with others equally discontented ...
... desire to change the policy they had hitherto pur- sued . Secret meetings were held by the revolu- tionists , who dispatched emissaries to the neighbour- ing hives in order to establish a correspondence with others equally discontented ...
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... desires of the wealthy , and having parted with the right to their portions of the Hills , set out in pur- suit of the various articles in request . Some were compelled in distant climes to descend into mines , to the irreparable injury ...
... desires of the wealthy , and having parted with the right to their portions of the Hills , set out in pur- suit of the various articles in request . Some were compelled in distant climes to descend into mines , to the irreparable injury ...
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... desire to enter upon breaches , lie sentinel , perdue , give the first onset , stand in the fore - front of the battle , marching bravely on , with a cheerful noise of drums and trumpets , such vigour and alacrity , so many banners ...
... desire to enter upon breaches , lie sentinel , perdue , give the first onset , stand in the fore - front of the battle , marching bravely on , with a cheerful noise of drums and trumpets , such vigour and alacrity , so many banners ...
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... desire more than he could use , while the storehouses were at all times supera- bounding ? Water is coveted beyond all price by those who are crossing the burning sands of Arabia : —but does the inhabitant of a town desire more than is ...
... desire more than he could use , while the storehouses were at all times supera- bounding ? Water is coveted beyond all price by those who are crossing the burning sands of Arabia : —but does the inhabitant of a town desire more than is ...
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... desires , thy fears , thy hopes ; they shall take off the veil of truth ; they shall plunge thee in error , and after having made thee conceive a thousand absurd and different systems of mo- rality and government , shall one day ...
... desires , thy fears , thy hopes ; they shall take off the veil of truth ; they shall plunge thee in error , and after having made thee conceive a thousand absurd and different systems of mo- rality and government , shall one day ...
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Allan Ramsay Almured apiarian appeared attention beauty bees behold benevolence cell character circumstances co-operative committee Competitive consequences crime delight desire destitute disposition distress Douglas Elder emigration Emilius employment equally evils experience favour feelings flowers formed Genius happiness hive honey human improvement increase individual inhabitants intelligence interest Ireland Judicatores knowledge labour land laws less Loch Lomond Loch Long London Co-operative Society Lycurgus Malthus mankind manufacturers Margaret means ment mind misery moral mountains nations nature necessary neral noble object observed opinions Orpheus Owen's passions Pentland Hills perceive period Persia philosopher pleasure Political Economists population portion possession present principles produce pursuits quæ queen bee racter remarkable replied rich royal jelly Saadi satrap scene society spirit sufficient superior supply Tarbert things thou thousand tion truth various virtue Wansford wealth youth
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Página 130 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 232 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all the strand. Contented toil and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love.
Página 136 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Página 171 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air?
Página 151 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Página 258 - Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 106 - Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed, and I have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease the nation of so grievous an encumbrance.
Página 151 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Página 13 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.