The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Հատոր 6Little, Brown, 1851 |
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... head of different parties , were jealous of each other . Their divisions strengthened the senate and its friends , and furnished means and opportunities of defeating many of their ambitious designs . Cæsar perceived it , and paid his ...
... head of different parties , were jealous of each other . Their divisions strengthened the senate and its friends , and furnished means and opportunities of defeating many of their ambitious designs . Cæsar perceived it , and paid his ...
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... head of the embassy , was prince of the senate , and on his return , reported their commission to the senate ; said that the king had received them in the most obliging and honorable manner ; that he had sent them magnificent presents ...
... head of the embassy , was prince of the senate , and on his return , reported their commission to the senate ; said that the king had received them in the most obliging and honorable manner ; that he had sent them magnificent presents ...
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... head , would oppose him , he must use force ; and , as ambition is insatiable , and cannot be contented with what is attainable , he conceived that to obtain the sovereignty would cost him no more trouble than the consulship . The ...
... head , would oppose him , he must use force ; and , as ambition is insatiable , and cannot be contented with what is attainable , he conceived that to obtain the sovereignty would cost him no more trouble than the consulship . The ...
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... head of affairs , and commanding armies . It is certain that this practice of con- tinuing Camillus always at the head was inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution , by which a rotation was established , and the consuls who had ...
... head of affairs , and commanding armies . It is certain that this practice of con- tinuing Camillus always at the head was inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution , by which a rotation was established , and the consuls who had ...
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... head ; and on the other , the people , headed by Manlius ; and each party ready for battle at the word of command . And such a war will , sooner or later , be kindled in every state , where the two parties of poor and rich , patricians ...
... head ; and on the other , the people , headed by Manlius ; and each party ready for battle at the word of command . And such a war will , sooner or later , be kindled in every state , where the two parties of poor and rich , patricians ...
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States ..., Հատոր 5 John Adams Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1851 |
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Էջ 268 - Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander. What plagues, and what portents! what mutiny! What raging of the sea! shaking of earth! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture ! O, when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick.
Էջ 267 - And posts, like the commandment of a King, Sans check, to good and bad: but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea. shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!
Էջ 267 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Էջ 519 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
Էջ 543 - Curse ye Meroz ; — curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty."* My second argument is grounded on the example of Christ and his apostles.
Էջ 201 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Էջ 170 - The instruction of the people in every kind of knowledge that can be of use to them in the practice of their moral duties as men, citizens, and Christians, and of their political and civil duties as members of society and freemen, ought to be the care of the public, and of all who have any share in the conduct of its affairs, in a manner that never yet has been practiced in any age or nation.
Էջ 267 - Keeps honour bright : to have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way ; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path...
Էջ 268 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides,) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Էջ 266 - With well-feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the beggar'd land. See ! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come, And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome The price of boroughs and of souls restore, And raise his treasures higher than before : Now...