The Monthly Magazine, Volume 2Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1796 |
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... lefs high than another , which we fee . We may establish it as a rule , that where any thing exifts in a fu- perlative degree , or where the subject ad- mits of no variation or degree at all , every comparison must be abfurd ; fince com ...
... lefs high than another , which we fee . We may establish it as a rule , that where any thing exifts in a fu- perlative degree , or where the subject ad- mits of no variation or degree at all , every comparison must be abfurd ; fince com ...
Página 447
... lefs honourable and lucrative , than useful to fociety ; his real duty being to vindicate the caufe of the weak and the poor , against the oppreffions of the ftrong and the rich . That this is not the prac- tice , the almoft daily ...
... lefs honourable and lucrative , than useful to fociety ; his real duty being to vindicate the caufe of the weak and the poor , against the oppreffions of the ftrong and the rich . That this is not the prac- tice , the almoft daily ...
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... lefs genius than he ufually difplayed , he had commanded " to go forth and burn the world . " Spain has never recovered herself fince the ruinous reign of Philip the Second . Not content with oppreffing the Spa- niards by the ...
... lefs genius than he ufually difplayed , he had commanded " to go forth and burn the world . " Spain has never recovered herself fince the ruinous reign of Philip the Second . Not content with oppreffing the Spa- niards by the ...
Página 455
... lefs eafy , among the moderns , to produce a long lift of poetical hiftorians , fabulifts , and novelifts ; to refer to the writings of Rabelais , Cervantes , and Sterne ; to lay open the rich poetic ftores of the English Offian ; to ...
... lefs eafy , among the moderns , to produce a long lift of poetical hiftorians , fabulifts , and novelifts ; to refer to the writings of Rabelais , Cervantes , and Sterne ; to lay open the rich poetic ftores of the English Offian ; to ...
Página 457
... lefs number of acres . To cultivate land to advantage , it is neceffary to have a strong team of horfes or oxen ; the man who fails in this respect , feldom , if ever , has his land well broken up and made a tilth fit to receive the ...
... lefs number of acres . To cultivate land to advantage , it is neceffary to have a strong team of horfes or oxen ; the man who fails in this respect , feldom , if ever , has his land well broken up and made a tilth fit to receive the ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 816 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Página 813 - ... all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community...
Página 817 - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary, on this occasion, to detail. I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.
Página 813 - I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Página 817 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Página 815 - Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature.
Página 816 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Página 813 - This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Página 813 - HOWEVER combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 811 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.