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... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
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... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
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... . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their persons become victims of his sus- picions . The ...
... passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their persons become victims of his sus- picions . The ...
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... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless pas- sions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless pas- sions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
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Página 137 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up.
Página 133 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Página 135 - Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 203 - Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 135 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 110 - Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime; that is it is productive of the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling.
Página 526 - When bad men combine, the good must associate ; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Página 141 - Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Página 111 - But as pain is stronger in its operation than pleasure, so death is in general a much more affecting idea than pain; because there are very few pains, however exquisite, which are not preferred to death: nay, what generally makes pain itself, if I may say so, more painful, is, that it is considered as an emissary of this king of terrors.
Página 155 - Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.