The Principles of Argumentation

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Página 303 - You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow...
Página 76 - First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Página 31 - Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory ; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God.
Página 9 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon that right reverend, and this most learned bench, to vindicate the religion of their God, to support the justice of their country. I call upon the bishops...
Página 442 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane ; the ounce. The libbard, and the tiger, as the mole Rising, the crumbled earth above them threw In hillocks : the swift stag from under ground Bore up his branching head...
Página 73 - But in the way in which this business is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades.
Página 375 - Pacific Ocean," as used in the treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia...
Página 441 - Let the Earth bring forth soul living in. her kind, Cattle, and creeping things, and beast of the Earth, Each in their kind.
Página 125 - Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix." " Rather," says Sir William Jones, " Six hours to law, to soothing slumbers seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.
Página 9 - I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character : I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.

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