The Causes of the French RevolutionLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1832 - 274 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 132 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
الصفحة 45 - Ye horrid towers, the abode of broken hearts ; Ye dungeons and ye cages of despair, That monarchs have supplied from age to age With music, such as suits their sovereign ears, The sighs and groans of miserable men ! There's not an English heart that would not leap To hear that ye were fallen at last ; to know That even our enemies, so oft employ'd In forging chains for us, themselves were free. For he, who values liberty, confines His zeal for her predominance within No narrow bounds ; her cause...
الصفحة 133 - If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, " Thou art my confidence;" If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much...
الصفحة 133 - Thou art my confidence;" 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 28 if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; "and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 this also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; chapter 31: 28 57 for I should have denied the God that is above.
الصفحة 132 - If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof: if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering : if his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep...
الصفحة 260 - II ya cinquante ans. — Oui, cinquante ans passés. — Et dans ce long intervalle aucun nuage, pas même l'apparence d'une brouillerie. — C'est ce que j'ai toujours admiré.
الصفحة 233 - God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires, known, and from whom no secrets are hid...
الصفحة 258 - I confess," said the President, " that if I were not here, I should regret not seeing her." "Take care, President," said the Marchioness, " what you say is really an expression of regret; if you had been as happy as you profess to be, you would not have thought of the possibility of being at the representation of Athalie.
الصفحة 44 - ... minister told him, that he knew nothing of the matter, but would make the proper inquiries. The next time he saw lord Albemarle, he informed him, that, on inquiring into the case of Gordon, he could find no person who could give him the least information ; on which he had Gordon himself interrogated, who solemnly affirmed, that he had not the smallest knowledge, or even suspicion, of the cause of his imprisonment, but that he had been confined...
الصفحة 196 - ... and, finally, by opposing a check to every act of passion, whether in chief, nobles, or people, that the whole society is protected against the abuse of those faculties of government, the right use of which produces some of the greatest of human blessings.