Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen65William Blackwood, 1849 |
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... become tural labour . A single year brings its as short in political as it is in agricul- appropriate fruits to maturity in the " Nulla magna civitas diu quiescere potest : si foris hostem non habet domi invenit - ut prævalida corpora ...
... become tural labour . A single year brings its as short in political as it is in agricul- appropriate fruits to maturity in the " Nulla magna civitas diu quiescere potest : si foris hostem non habet domi invenit - ut prævalida corpora ...
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... become the war - cry of faction , instead of change of dynasty . The nation is no longer drenched with blood by armies fight- ing for the Red or the White Rose , by parties striving for the mastery be- tween the Stuart and Hanover ...
... become the war - cry of faction , instead of change of dynasty . The nation is no longer drenched with blood by armies fight- ing for the Red or the White Rose , by parties striving for the mastery be- tween the Stuart and Hanover ...
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... become great , and glorious , and free under this abominable system ; true , it had been accompanied by a growth of national strength , and an amount of national happiness , unparalleled in any former age or country ; but that was all ...
... become great , and glorious , and free under this abominable system ; true , it had been accompanied by a growth of national strength , and an amount of national happiness , unparalleled in any former age or country ; but that was all ...
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... become so rich and powerful , that it was easy to see they would ere long give a preponderance to urban over rural industry . The vast flood of agricul- tural riches poured for expenditure into towns ; that of the manufacturers and ...
... become so rich and powerful , that it was easy to see they would ere long give a preponderance to urban over rural industry . The vast flood of agricul- tural riches poured for expenditure into towns ; that of the manufacturers and ...
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... become absolutely un- avoidable . So efficacious was this system proved to be by the event , when acting on a nation enjoying pro- tected industry , and an adequate and irremovable currency , that , before the end of the war ...
... become absolutely un- avoidable . So efficacious was this system proved to be by the event , when acting on a nation enjoying pro- tected industry , and an adequate and irremovable currency , that , before the end of the war ...
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Página 382 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Página 81 - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
Página 201 - And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Página 385 - ... were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction...
Página 25 - And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women : but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.
Página 385 - Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them.
Página 385 - When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them.
Página 385 - Then was committed that great crime, memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left to the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of the garrison, a chamber known by the fearful name of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow.
Página 198 - And did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Página 5 - All around us the world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Governments which lately seemed likely to stand during ages have been on a sudden shaken and overthrown. The proudest capitals of Western Europe have streamed with civil blood.