Southern Quarterly Review, 26. köideDaniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1854 |
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... course of the new emperor , or the more arduous riddle of his prospective policy and procedure . Thuc . lib . i . , c . xxii . Aristot . Rhet . i . , c . ix . ; ii . , c . xx . Tac . Ann . lib . iii . , c . lv . Lucan . Phars . ii . , v ...
... course of the new emperor , or the more arduous riddle of his prospective policy and procedure . Thuc . lib . i . , c . xxii . Aristot . Rhet . i . , c . ix . ; ii . , c . xx . Tac . Ann . lib . iii . , c . lv . Lucan . Phars . ii . , v ...
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... course was separated by a long in- terval of changing dynasties and governments from the reign of his uncle , had no such domestic enemies to encounter , and has been sustained by the surviving partisans and the sons of the chief ...
... course was separated by a long in- terval of changing dynasties and governments from the reign of his uncle , had no such domestic enemies to encounter , and has been sustained by the surviving partisans and the sons of the chief ...
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... course of affairs , and the manifestations of intellect and sentiment , correspond exactly in those periods with similar movements in modern Europe ; and present as many and as intimate analogies with our own times , as are afforded by ...
... course of affairs , and the manifestations of intellect and sentiment , correspond exactly in those periods with similar movements in modern Europe ; and present as many and as intimate analogies with our own times , as are afforded by ...
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... course in all matters but the most trivial . He consulted his friends , his partisans , his officers , most assiduously ; but less for the purpose of being guided by their advice , than for the sake of assuring him- self that he had not ...
... course in all matters but the most trivial . He consulted his friends , his partisans , his officers , most assiduously ; but less for the purpose of being guided by their advice , than for the sake of assuring him- self that he had not ...
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... course of Roman history than the great consolidator of the Empire ; though , at the same time , it must be admitted that his exercise of power was judicious and beneficent , and that his despotic administration was a real blessing to ...
... course of Roman history than the great consolidator of the Empire ; though , at the same time , it must be admitted that his exercise of power was judicious and beneficent , and that his despotic administration was a real blessing to ...
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Page 48 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 50 - The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature, for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And, indeed, it would have been inconsistent in creation to have formed man for the social state, and not to have provided virtue and wisdom enough to manage the concerns of the society. May we not even say that that form of government is best, which provides the most effectually for a pure selection of these natural aristoi into the offices of government?
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