Out on the World, Том 1

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Hurst and Blackett, 1856 - Всего страниц: 269

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Стр. 308 - MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF THE REGENCY. FROM ORIGINAL FAMILY DOCUMENTS. By the DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, KG 2 vols. 8vo., with Portraits, 30s.
Стр. 308 - Borodino; the fire of Moscow; the retreat of Napoleon ; the conquest of Spain ; the surrender of Napoleon ; the return from Elba ,- the Congress of Vienna ; the Hundred Days ; the crowning carnage of Waterloo ; the exile to St. Helena; the return of the Bourbons; the settlement of Europe; the public scandals...
Стр. 28 - But, then — the degrading influences of labour, of slavery, and low, contemptible, torturing cares ; the want of intellectual cultivation ; aye, even of mere animal enjoyments ; the self-contempt, which is but the echo of the world's verdict — all these, perpetuated from generation to generation, are able at last to vulgarize and deteriorate the type of the species ; and the worst of it is that, in the long run, the soul is vulgarized as well as the body.
Стр. 91 - — a word that means " the sailing of the air "—we must go back far beyond the days of the Montgolfier brothers. For in all times and in all ages men have wanted to fly. David wished for the wings of a dove to fly away and be at rest...
Стр. 29 - The analogy holds good through all creation. "But, again, after the acme comes the decline. The inevitable and uniform cycle of growth, maturity, and decay, is one through which all things — individuals families, and nations — are ever passing ; and, when the descendants of the master mind...
Стр. 287 - ... du désordre ? Sur cent personnes, il n'y en aura pas eu dix de satisfaites. Y aura-t-il eu un bon soupe ? N'y aura-t-il pu eu de mécontents ? Il y aurait de la malhonnêteté duns ce procédé.

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