The Portfolio, Volume 3David Urquhart J. Maynard., 1844 - Great Britain |
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... Roman Catholic Church of Ireland supporting the Crimes of England . Defeat of Russian Diplomacy in Serbia . Note from the Government of Serbia . Narrative of Events in Serbia . Warlike Operations in China . No. II . Despatch from Count ...
... Roman Catholic Church of Ireland supporting the Crimes of England . Defeat of Russian Diplomacy in Serbia . Note from the Government of Serbia . Narrative of Events in Serbia . Warlike Operations in China . No. II . Despatch from Count ...
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... Romans was un- known to them . Formerly the Causes of internal Corruption were counteracted by external resistance and Judgment ; but the interweaving of the Affairs of Nations , whose Lan- guages have a common Origin , has produced a ...
... Romans was un- known to them . Formerly the Causes of internal Corruption were counteracted by external resistance and Judgment ; but the interweaving of the Affairs of Nations , whose Lan- guages have a common Origin , has produced a ...
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... Romans , or Infanticide among the Mussulmans , so abo- minable did it appear that there is no Law can be quoted against it . To intervene means " to come between " : -- the Law of Nations already presents us with such a Term , that is ...
... Romans , or Infanticide among the Mussulmans , so abo- minable did it appear that there is no Law can be quoted against it . To intervene means " to come between " : -- the Law of Nations already presents us with such a Term , that is ...
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... Roman Catholics , -there was no Law in Prussia to sanction the Perfidy and Violence lately enacted against the Poles . If the Act of Turkey was unjustifiable , here were Crimes infinitely greater . The Act of Turkey had at least the ...
... Roman Catholics , -there was no Law in Prussia to sanction the Perfidy and Violence lately enacted against the Poles . If the Act of Turkey was unjustifiable , here were Crimes infinitely greater . The Act of Turkey had at least the ...
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... Roman Catholic , the Protestant , and of Islamism , were all considered as standing in Opposition to Russia . In the course of one short Month , they have severally fallen . Had these Things been announced as about to happen , the Man ...
... Roman Catholic , the Protestant , and of Islamism , were all considered as standing in Opposition to Russia . In the course of one short Month , they have severally fallen . Had these Things been announced as about to happen , the Man ...
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Page 578 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
Page 294 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Page 303 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter. You say that you are right and we are lost. How do we know this to be true?
Page 303 - Brother! We do not understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children.
Page 304 - BROTHER : The Great Spirit has made us all, but He has made a great difference between his white and red children. He has given us different complexions and different customs. To you He has given the arts. To these He has not opened our eyes. We know these things to be true. Since He has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that he has given us a different religion according to our understanding t The Great Spirit does right.
Page 303 - Brother, our seats were once large and yours were small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets.
Page 303 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great waters, and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion.
Page 452 - The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall "be exchanged at London as soon as possible, within four months from the date thereof.
Page 454 - Provinces, that the relations now subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confirmed by the signature of a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation.
Page 302 - Their skins served us for clothing. HE had scattered them over the country, and taught us how to take them. HE had caused the earth to produce corn for bread. All this HE had done for his red children, because HE loved them.