Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr.John Moore, Volumen1J. Cundee, 1803 |
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... Mirabeau in the French national assembly . “ England is ruined , you say ; ah ! great God ! what dreadful news ! Where or by what means is England destroyed ? By what earthquake or convulsions of nature has that famous island been ...
... Mirabeau in the French national assembly . “ England is ruined , you say ; ah ! great God ! what dreadful news ! Where or by what means is England destroyed ? By what earthquake or convulsions of nature has that famous island been ...
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... Mirabeau in the national assembly , contrasted with all the scenes of the French revolution . " How honourable will it be for France that this great revolution should be accomplished without offence and without crimes ! Some of the most ...
... Mirabeau in the national assembly , contrasted with all the scenes of the French revolution . " How honourable will it be for France that this great revolution should be accomplished without offence and without crimes ! Some of the most ...
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... Mirabeau himself did not live long enough to be a witness or a victim of the cruellest of these scenes of anarchy or bloodshed , so contrary to his expectations , which soon followed . — A no- blesse degraded and driven into exile - a ...
... Mirabeau himself did not live long enough to be a witness or a victim of the cruellest of these scenes of anarchy or bloodshed , so contrary to his expectations , which soon followed . — A no- blesse degraded and driven into exile - a ...
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... Mirabeau , in one of his discourses , made the following energetic observation : - " I give no weight to the signification of words , according to the absurd language of pre- judice . I here speak the language of liberty , : - and am ...
... Mirabeau , in one of his discourses , made the following energetic observation : - " I give no weight to the signification of words , according to the absurd language of pre- judice . I here speak the language of liberty , : - and am ...
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... Mirabeau and La Clos ; falling afterwards into the Govern- ment of men of more atrocious characters , he was driven to measures of cruelty by terror . He died with a degree of firmness far superior to what he had ever displayed in the ...
... Mirabeau and La Clos ; falling afterwards into the Govern- ment of men of more atrocious characters , he was driven to measures of cruelty by terror . He died with a degree of firmness far superior to what he had ever displayed in the ...
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Página 182 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 234 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 131 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Página 102 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Página 130 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Página 215 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Página 109 - And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Página 182 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Página 182 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.
Página 17 - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792. To which is added, an Account of the most remarkable Events that happened at Paris, from that time to the death of the late King of France.