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... mind , and inconsiderate display of indifference to the feelings of his people , were fatal . will have nothing to do with a hen chief , " said the indignant clansmen , and immediately raised one of his brothers to the dignity . So ...
... mind , and inconsiderate display of indifference to the feelings of his people , were fatal . will have nothing to do with a hen chief , " said the indignant clansmen , and immediately raised one of his brothers to the dignity . So ...
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... mind of man , were never ( per- haps ) more strongly exemplified than in the war between Brazil and Buenos Ayres , to secure a strip of land commanding the Plate River , called the Banda Oriental . " The Brazilians saw the prosperity of ...
... mind of man , were never ( per- haps ) more strongly exemplified than in the war between Brazil and Buenos Ayres , to secure a strip of land commanding the Plate River , called the Banda Oriental . " The Brazilians saw the prosperity of ...
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... mind . In a word , man , by constant prosperity and peace , degenerates into a mean , impotent , and sensual animal . " In another part of his very amusing work , Lord Kames gives the following instances of the virtues of humanity ...
... mind . In a word , man , by constant prosperity and peace , degenerates into a mean , impotent , and sensual animal . " In another part of his very amusing work , Lord Kames gives the following instances of the virtues of humanity ...
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... mind about other people's affairs ; that he may give up the fruitless attempt to pro- mote the good of his neighbours , and the peace and happiness of the world , by dint of the cudgel ; that he may remain quietly at home ; gradually ...
... mind about other people's affairs ; that he may give up the fruitless attempt to pro- mote the good of his neighbours , and the peace and happiness of the world , by dint of the cudgel ; that he may remain quietly at home ; gradually ...
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... mind and undaunted courage ; which are exerted with better will in behalf of virtue than of revenge . The crusades were what first gave a turn to the fierce manners of our ancestors . A religious enterprise uniting numbers formerly at ...
... mind and undaunted courage ; which are exerted with better will in behalf of virtue than of revenge . The crusades were what first gave a turn to the fierce manners of our ancestors . A religious enterprise uniting numbers formerly at ...
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Page 80 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 46 - ... that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 31 - Prince quarrelleth with another, for fear the other should quarrel with him. Sometimes a War is entered upon, because the Enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our Neighbours want the Things which we have, or have the Things which we want; and we both fight, till they take ours or give us theirs.
Page 31 - Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether the juice of a certain berry be blood or wine...
Page 46 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 32 - If a prince sends forces into a nation, where the people are poor and ignorant, he may lawfully put half of them to death, and make slaves of the rest, in order to civilize and reduce them from their barbarous way of living. It is a very kingly, honourable, and...
Page 31 - HE asked me what were the usual Causes or Motives that made one Country go to War with another. I answered, they were innumerable; but I should only mention a few of the chief. Sometimes the Ambition of Princes, who never think they have Land or People enough to govern: Sometimes the Corruption of Ministers, who engage their Master in a War in order to stifle or divert the...
Page 71 - To his latest breath did this great patriot maintain the noble character of a Captain, the patron of Peace, and a Statesman, the friend of Justice. Dying, he bequeathed to his heirs the sword which he had worn in the War of Liberty, and charged them " Never to take it from the scabbard but in self-defence, or in defence of their country and her freedom...
Page 58 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 46 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added...