The Harvard Magazine, Հատոր 2J. Bartlett, 1856 |
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... fact , not unfrequently a real blessing , always provided your quarrel be a just one . As it is probable , however , that no nation ever began a war considering themselves in the wrong , this proviso is not quite so impor- tant as it ...
... fact , not unfrequently a real blessing , always provided your quarrel be a just one . As it is probable , however , that no nation ever began a war considering themselves in the wrong , this proviso is not quite so impor- tant as it ...
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... from that noble and sublime emotion which is also known by that name . The reader may de- cide for himself whether narrow - minded men are , on the whole , made much less so by the fact that 6 [ Dec. CIVILIZATION AND WAR .
... from that noble and sublime emotion which is also known by that name . The reader may de- cide for himself whether narrow - minded men are , on the whole , made much less so by the fact that 6 [ Dec. CIVILIZATION AND WAR .
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... fact , unfortunately , that there are some peculiarly mean vices , which are never so prevalent as in time of war . One example is enough to show this . The vice of slander , unquestionably one of the meanest supposable , is most ...
... fact , unfortunately , that there are some peculiarly mean vices , which are never so prevalent as in time of war . One example is enough to show this . The vice of slander , unquestionably one of the meanest supposable , is most ...
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... fact , of which frequent use has been made by nu- merous writers , that we have no instance of any nation or community , which has , by its own unassisted efforts , raised itself from barbarism to civilization . It is true , that barbar ...
... fact , of which frequent use has been made by nu- merous writers , that we have no instance of any nation or community , which has , by its own unassisted efforts , raised itself from barbarism to civilization . It is true , that barbar ...
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... fact fre- quently been attempted , as for example in the present war . But although practicable , it is rarely very effectual . Neutral nations are apt rather to look to their own advantages , than to aim simply at the prevention of an ...
... fact fre- quently been attempted , as for example in the present war . But although practicable , it is rarely very effectual . Neutral nations are apt rather to look to their own advantages , than to aim simply at the prevention of an ...
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Էջ 306 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Էջ 407 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Էջ 40 - Ye who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken...
Էջ 249 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Էջ 406 - With woful measures, wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild.
Էջ 308 - ... buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests : what prince can promise such diuturnity unto his relics, or might not gladly say : Sic ego componi versus in ossa velim ? Time which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.
Էջ 129 - This worthless present was designed you long before it was a play; when it was only a confused mass of thoughts, tumbling over one another in the dark; when the fancy was yet in its first work, moving the sleeping images of things towards the light, there to be distinguished, and then either chosen or rejected by the judgment; it was yours, my Lord, before I could call it mine.
Էջ 234 - Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the Temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it; Time hath spared the Epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal! durations; and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether the best of men be known? or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, then any that stand remembered in the known...
Էջ 148 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Էջ 233 - Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, out-worn all the strong and spacious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...