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... composed the greater number of his sonnets , and many of his Latin epistles in prose and verse . In the year 1347 , he was gratified with a message from the Roman senate , inviting him to receive a laurel crown in the capitol . Gibbon ...
... composed the greater number of his sonnets , and many of his Latin epistles in prose and verse . In the year 1347 , he was gratified with a message from the Roman senate , inviting him to receive a laurel crown in the capitol . Gibbon ...
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... composed shortly after the death of Beatrice ; it is happily rendered , and is a fine example of the devotion with which he afterwards traced her to the very throne of God . " Ascended is our Beatrice to the highest Heaven , to those ...
... composed shortly after the death of Beatrice ; it is happily rendered , and is a fine example of the devotion with which he afterwards traced her to the very throne of God . " Ascended is our Beatrice to the highest Heaven , to those ...
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... composed , after his sixtieth year , the celebrated Canterbury Tales ; which have been deemed , " says a distinguished critic , " one of the most extraordinary spe- cimens of active genius , and various talent , that England has ...
... composed , after his sixtieth year , the celebrated Canterbury Tales ; which have been deemed , " says a distinguished critic , " one of the most extraordinary spe- cimens of active genius , and various talent , that England has ...
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... fault with the next chapter on Lord Lyttleton . His monody verges strongly towards the ridiculous , while it is yet undetermined , whether he composed it before or after the death of his wife ; if , as 18 [ March , The Loves of the Poets .
... fault with the next chapter on Lord Lyttleton . His monody verges strongly towards the ridiculous , while it is yet undetermined , whether he composed it before or after the death of his wife ; if , as 18 [ March , The Loves of the Poets .
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... composed his court , to recognise his son Yezid as heir apparent . To this suggestion there were strong objections , arising not only from general considerations , but also from the personal character of the proposed successor . Yet ...
... composed his court , to recognise his son Yezid as heir apparent . To this suggestion there were strong objections , arising not only from general considerations , but also from the personal character of the proposed successor . Yet ...
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Página 329 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the muse he loved,
Página 106 - The purposes for which men enter into society will determine the nature and terms of the social compact ; and as they are the foundation of the legislative power, they will decide what are the proper objects of it : The nature, and ends of legislative power will limit the exercise of it.
Página 115 - The correctness of this principle, so far as respects general legislation, can never be controverted But, if an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it. The past cannot be recalled by the most absolute power.
Página 116 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 109 - The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.
Página 4 - And blesseth her with his two happy hands, How the red roses flush up in her cheeks And the pure snow with goodly vermeil stain, Like crimson dyed in grain...
Página 116 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 10 - Chancellor held on his course towards that unknown part of the world, and sailed so far that he came at last to the place where he found no night at all, but a continual light and brightness of the sun shining clearly upon the huge and mighty sea.
Página 116 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of, or commission held under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption, specially get up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the supreme court of the United States, upon...
Página 106 - An act of the legislature (for I cannot call it a law) contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, cannot be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority.