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... seems to have inspired one ennobling or generous sentiment , nor to have lifted them for one moment above the grossest selfishness . They had no scruple in exhibiting their mistresses to our eyes , as doubtless they appeared in their ...
... seems to have inspired one ennobling or generous sentiment , nor to have lifted them for one moment above the grossest selfishness . They had no scruple in exhibiting their mistresses to our eyes , as doubtless they appeared in their ...
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... seem to have studied him as Voltaire studied Shakspeare , -his concetti , -his fanciful adoration of the laurel , as the emblem of Laura , -his play- ing on the words Laura , L'aura and Lauro , his freezing flames and burning ice , -I ...
... seem to have studied him as Voltaire studied Shakspeare , -his concetti , -his fanciful adoration of the laurel , as the emblem of Laura , -his play- ing on the words Laura , L'aura and Lauro , his freezing flames and burning ice , -I ...
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... seem almost justified in their belief . Our author gives Meta's own account of her first interview with Klopstock , con- tained in her correspondence with Richardson ; it is marked with the simplicity and eloquence of unconstrained ...
... seem almost justified in their belief . Our author gives Meta's own account of her first interview with Klopstock , con- tained in her correspondence with Richardson ; it is marked with the simplicity and eloquence of unconstrained ...
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... seem , prophetic , intimation of the terrible ruin that awaited his intellect ; for years he con- stantly prayed for immediate death , and his farewell to a friend was accompanied with a wish they might never again see each other . A ...
... seem , prophetic , intimation of the terrible ruin that awaited his intellect ; for years he con- stantly prayed for immediate death , and his farewell to a friend was accompanied with a wish they might never again see each other . A ...
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... seems to have been considered by these two geniuses and their guests as a complete nonentity . He was Le bon homme , le vilain petit Trichateau , ' whom it was a task to speak to , and a penance to amuse . Every day , after coffee ...
... seems to have been considered by these two geniuses and their guests as a complete nonentity . He was Le bon homme , le vilain petit Trichateau , ' whom it was a task to speak to , and a penance to amuse . Every day , after coffee ...
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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.