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... possesses more popular ideas , and , in * If the Lords had altered the qualification of the town council , and suc- ceeded in appointing the town clerk for life , they would have done something , but they would have done much less than ...
... possesses more popular ideas , and , in * If the Lords had altered the qualification of the town council , and suc- ceeded in appointing the town clerk for life , they would have done something , but they would have done much less than ...
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... possess some trappings of a galling and tinselled tyranny , such In its manners are the traces of former ser- vitude ... possessed it ? Is it not true , that a government of the middle classes in this country would be the government ...
... possess some trappings of a galling and tinselled tyranny , such In its manners are the traces of former ser- vitude ... possessed it ? Is it not true , that a government of the middle classes in this country would be the government ...
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... possessed it ; - to ingraft on the manly and solid character of the English people , the lofty daring and the cultivated intelligence which in times not ' remote from these were remarkable in the English nobility ; -to join to the ...
... possessed it ; - to ingraft on the manly and solid character of the English people , the lofty daring and the cultivated intelligence which in times not ' remote from these were remarkable in the English nobility ; -to join to the ...
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... possessing great merit in solidity and research , were still more unattractive to the general reader than those that had preceded them . A desire was felt , which no one satisfied , till Sir Walter Scott , succeeding the Misses Porter ...
... possessing great merit in solidity and research , were still more unattractive to the general reader than those that had preceded them . A desire was felt , which no one satisfied , till Sir Walter Scott , succeeding the Misses Porter ...
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... possesses in M. Marrast , its editor , a man of ability . * Le Bon Sens , a republican paper , not long established and at present not widely circulated , is written notwithstanding , with very great ability , and contains in MM ...
... possesses in M. Marrast , its editor , a man of ability . * Le Bon Sens , a republican paper , not long established and at present not widely circulated , is written notwithstanding , with very great ability , and contains in MM ...
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Page 331 - La présente loi discutée , délibérée et adoptée par la Chambre des Pairs et par celle des Députés, et sanctionnée par nous cejourd'hui, sera exécutée comme loi de l'Etat.
Page 332 - ... qu'elle favorise le génie, épure le goût, développe les passions vertueuses, donne de la vigueur à la pensée, offre des formes nobles à l'écrivain et des moules parfaits à l'artiste...
Page 330 - Donnons en mandement à nos Cours et Tribunaux, préfets, corps administratifs, et tous autres, que les présentes ils gardent et maintiennent, fassent garder, observer et maintenir, et, pour les rendre plus notoires à tous, ils les fassent publier et enregistrer partout où besoin sera...
Page 332 - On l'avait séduit en lui disant que le christianisme était un culte né du sein de la barbarie, absurde dans ses dogmes, ridicule dans ses cérémonies, ennemi des arts et des lettres, de la raison et de la beauté; un culte qui n'avait jamais fait que verser le sang, enchaîner les hommes, et retarder le bonheur et les lumières du genre humain.
Page 330 - DONNONS EN MANDEMENT à nos cours et tribunaux, préfets, corps administratifs , et tous autres , que les présentes ils gardent et maintiennent, fassent garder, observer et maintenir, et, pour les rendre plus notoires à tous , ils les fassent publier et enregistrer partout où besoin sera ; et , afin que ce soit chose ferme et stable à toujours, nous y avons fait mettre notre sceau.
Page 244 - ... should not his character be under the same protection ? It is not for the sake of the individual, but for the sake of the public, that his person is under such protection ; and, in respect of the public, the imputing corruption and the perversion of justice to him, in an order made by him at his chambers, is attended with much more...
Page 187 - Je venais d'avoir vingt ans, lorsque ma mère entra un matin dans ma chambre, s'approcha de mon lit, m'embrassa en pleurant, et me dit : - Mon ami, je viens de vendre tout ce que nous avions, pour payer nos dettes. - Eh bien, ma mère? - Eh bien, mon pauvre enfant, nos dettes payées, il nous reste deux cent cinquante-trois francs. - De rente?... Ma mère sourit tristement. - En tout?... repris-je. - En tout. - Eh bien, ma mère, je prendrai, ce soir, les cinquantetrois francs, et je partirai pour...
Page 331 - Toute contravention à la disposition ci-dessus sera punie d'un emprisonnement de six jours à deux mois pour la première fois, et de deux mois à un an en cas de récidive. Les...
Page 147 - The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite. At the expiration...
Page 332 - ... la religion chrétienne est la plus poétique, la plus humaine, la plus favorable à la liberté, aux arts et aux lettres; que le monde moderne lui doit tout, depuis l'agriculture jusqu'aux sciences abstraites ; depuis les hospices pour les malheureux, jusqu'aux temples bâtis par MichelAnge et décorés par Raphaël.