Political Fame. [By Rose Ellen Hendriks, afterwards Temple.]1847 |
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... man's reason guide my own career ; The Homerides inheriting their name , Upon one man the many bought their Fame ; Alone I stand , eclipsed by ruling stars , As little heroes bow to one great Mars . Then I will write , and dream that I ...
... man's reason guide my own career ; The Homerides inheriting their name , Upon one man the many bought their Fame ; Alone I stand , eclipsed by ruling stars , As little heroes bow to one great Mars . Then I will write , and dream that I ...
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... man's courage , let him rather mourn over his sanguinary strength , the force of arms was needed for all these cruel purposes ; but Philip the Third will answer at a stronger tribunal for the victims of his sateless revenge . His ...
... man's courage , let him rather mourn over his sanguinary strength , the force of arms was needed for all these cruel purposes ; but Philip the Third will answer at a stronger tribunal for the victims of his sateless revenge . His ...
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... man's supe- rior cunning . Nevertheless , we cannot palliate that which must ever be a blot upon English history ; Charles the First set law at defiance , and found military power a glorious , but an unsubstantial shadow . Had Napoleon ...
... man's supe- rior cunning . Nevertheless , we cannot palliate that which must ever be a blot upon English history ; Charles the First set law at defiance , and found military power a glorious , but an unsubstantial shadow . Had Napoleon ...
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... Man's 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 ...
... Man's 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 ...
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... man's breast , sweeter theories than self , and it is with loathing that liberal minds turn from those biting sarcasms upon man , showing him in his worst light and most paltry character . As soon as a law is insti- CHAPTER II POLITICAL ...
... man's breast , sweeter theories than self , and it is with loathing that liberal minds turn from those biting sarcasms upon man , showing him in his worst light and most paltry character . As soon as a law is insti- CHAPTER II POLITICAL ...
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