Political Fame. [By Rose Ellen Hendriks, afterwards Temple.]1847 |
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... honour and integrity " keep the weather of his fate , " and law - not law in all its petty tyranny , but law restrained by reason - is the bulwark of our country and the defender of our rights . If historic revelation has as much truth ...
... honour and integrity " keep the weather of his fate , " and law - not law in all its petty tyranny , but law restrained by reason - is the bulwark of our country and the defender of our rights . If historic revelation has as much truth ...
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... broils are the result , not of mili- tary disturbances , but want of honour amongst those who dictate in the council . We are especially told in history , that Pharamond was " a famous warrior and politi- cian . 4 POLITICAL FAME .
... broils are the result , not of mili- tary disturbances , but want of honour amongst those who dictate in the council . We are especially told in history , that Pharamond was " a famous warrior and politi- cian . 4 POLITICAL FAME .
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... honour , ” made Edward trust his prisoner , and when the unfortunate Dauphin , returning to his native country , found himself deficient of the required ransom , he returned broken - hearted , but with unstained honour to his English ...
... honour , ” made Edward trust his prisoner , and when the unfortunate Dauphin , returning to his native country , found himself deficient of the required ransom , he returned broken - hearted , but with unstained honour to his English ...
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honour under worldly instead of mental regulations . We have a powerful argument before us , in the struggle between the friends of Henry the Sixth of England , in their endeavours to esta- blish him on the French throne , and the ...
honour under worldly instead of mental regulations . We have a powerful argument before us , in the struggle between the friends of Henry the Sixth of England , in their endeavours to esta- blish him on the French throne , and the ...
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... honour consists not in unlimited worship of self ; the barriers of society and law will never be infringed , except for ambitious , tyrannic motives : a monarch ought never to count more upon the courage of his army than the sagacity of ...
... honour consists not in unlimited worship of self ; the barriers of society and law will never be infringed , except for ambitious , tyrannic motives : a monarch ought never to count more upon the courage of his army than the sagacity of ...
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