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...days with him and his Whig friends, without thinking on either side of the civil war which was then raging. When the battle of Culloden put an end to ... ...ith him and his Whig friends, without thinking on either side of the civil war which was then raging. When the battle of Culloden put an end to the ho... ...el Whitefoord’s turn to exert himself, and he wearied all the authorities, civil and military, with his solicitations for pardon to the saver of his l... ...ord’s turn to exert himself, and he wearied all the authorities, civil and military, with his solicitations for pardon to the saver of his life, or at... ...he rage of indiscriminate destruction, which has removed or ruined so many monuments of antiquity, when they were not pro- tected by their inaccessibl... ...t of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war,— “He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, W... ...at once conjecture to whom he alluded. He had no intention to dwell on his military merits. They had been told in the senate; they had been repeated i... ...y grandsire, the inditer of this goodly matter, was rather lengthy, as our American friends say. Indeed, I reserve the rest of the piece until I can o... ...rvade every civilized country. Amongst their mountains, as among the North American Indians, the various tribes were wont to make war upon each other,...

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...ossibility mend: is not Polity a science he has exhausted? Cool, slow, two military Lameths are visible, with their quality sneer, or demi-sneer; they... ...hus, in these June days, when the question Who shall have right to declare war? comes on, you hear hoarse Hawkers sound dolefully through the streets,... ...atal, from first to last! Scarcely after fifteen months’ de- bating, can a Civil Constitution of the Clergy be so much as got to paper; and then for g... ... so much as got to paper; and then for getting it into reality? Alas, such Civil Constitution is but an agreement to disagree. It divides France from ... ..., like certain of his People’s: the whole to end in Feasts of Reason and a War of La Vendee! So deep-seated is Religion in the heart of man, and holds... ...e done! But his hair has a shade of gray: his way of thought is all fixed, military. He can grow no further, and the new world is in such growth. We w... ... sea cockfight it is, and of the hottest; where British Serapis and French-American Bon Homme Richard do lash and throttle each other, in their fashio... ...s of Federates, of this Fed- eration, will have enough to do! Harangue of ‘American Committee, ’ among whom is that faint figure of Paul Jones ‘as wit... ...ar day-star, the herald of universal day. We claim to stand there, as mute monuments, pathetically adumbrative of much.—From bench and gallery comes ‘...

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...economy, which more profoundly slept in the sunshine of divine favor or of civil prosperity, than the peculiar mode authorized and practised in Scotla... ...herefore to be held spiritual in a sense excluding the interference of the civil power, there falls to the ground at once the whole fabric of civil au... ...testine wars, and by instability in a government. The actual dura- tion of war in England was not indeed longer than three and a half years, viz., fro... ...er fighting in that century belonged to mere insulated and discontinu- ous war. But the insecurity of every government between 1638 and 1702, kept the... ...ountries, a cold and lifeless state of public religion prevailed up to the American and French Revolutions. These great events gave a shock everywhere... ...and 54 Theological Essays and Other Papers – V olume Two until lately, of military) dignities, is no more than the outer- most row of the Oriental ne... ...r more caps in the form of a half oval, such are still to be seen upon the monuments of Egyptian and Persepolitan art, was fastened round the head by ... ...se connection with the throne, as favorites, crown-officers, distinguished military command- ers, &c., received such a dress as a gift from the royal ... ...entire tribes of those savages, and, upon a scale still more awful, to the American Indians. In such cases, mere strangers would 132 Theological Essa...

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...ennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ...have observed in the churchyard at Banbury in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers. Before he quitted Redriff, he left the custod... ...me what they pleased. Upon this, the Hurgo and his train withdrew, with much civility and cheerful countenances. Soon after I heard a general shout, w... ...arriage of trees and other great weights. He often builds his largest men of war, whereof some are nine feet long, in the woods where the timber grows... ... of what we found about the body of the man mountain, who used us with great civility, and due respect to your majesty’s commission. Signed and sealed... ...ds, fled and pursued, attacked and retired, and in short discovered the best military discipline I ever beheld. The parallel sticks secured them and t... ... tell you, been engaged Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 37 in a most obstinate war for six and thirty moons past. It began upon the following occasion. ... ...gh. But, when he goes abroad on solemn days, he is attended, for state, by a military guard of five hundred horse, which, indeed, I thought was the mo... ...ies I treat of would be as easy as those of Ferdinando Cortez over the naked Americans. The Lilliputians, I think, are hardly worth the charge of a f...

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...................................................................... 292 ON WAR .......................................................................... ... was a man that knew something of you, Sir, I believe, and he wished to be civil, and kept saying, “Oh! I dare say it will turn out nothing at all, ma... ...e could rest as upon a sofa. Previously we had stood upon graves, and with monuments more or less conspicuous all around us: some raised by friends to... ...ich is to this day a name rooted in Biscay. Her father, the hidalgo, was a military officer in the Spanish service, and had little care whether his ki... ...after so long a voyage, she only, out of the total crew, was thrown on the American shore, with one hundred and five pounds in her purse of clear gain... ...foot of Kate’s little account. But unhappily for Kate’s début on this vast American stage, the case was otherwise. Mr. Urquiza had the misfortune (equ... ...erest which arose in her history subsequently amongst all the men of rank, military or ecclesiastical, whether in Italy or Spain. The date of these wo... ...ity. But the person, after all, that did most to serve our Kate, was Kate. War was then raging with Indians, both from Chili and Peru. Kate had always... ...errors. We all com- mit many; both you and I, reader. No, stop; that’s not civil. You, reader, I know, are a saint; I am not, though very near it. I d...

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...probably as old as the Nile or Euphrates, did not begin to have a place in civilized history, until the fame of its grassy meadows and its fish attrac... ...th Bridge,” over which in April, 1775, rolled the first faint tide of that war, which ceased not, till, as we read on the stone on our right, it “gave... ...re ground, on waves of Concord, in which was long since drowned the din of war. But since we sailed Some things have failed, And many a dream ... ... judging there honorably, between the seasons and between meals, leading a civil politic life, arbitrating in the case of Spaulding versus Cummings, ... ...y sometimes see the curious circular nests of the Lamprey Eel, Petromyzon Americanus, the American Stone Sucker, as large as a cart wheel, a foot or ... ...ua, an old gray town where men grow old and sleep already under moss grown monuments,—outgrow their usefulness. This is ancient Billerica, (Villarica?... ...d, and referring him to some new ge nealogy. “Son of——and——. He aided the Americans to gain their independence, instructed mankind in economy, and dr... ...ncy that they naturally flow and run together. They read as if written for military men, for men of business, there is such a despatch in them. Compar... ...ls penetrated into this frith, or up that river of some remote isle! Their military monuments still remain on the hills and under the sod of the valle...

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............................................ 104 Chapter 1.5.III. Broglie the War-God. ..................................................................... ...................................................... 455 Chapter 3.4.II. In Civil War . .................................................................. ................................................ 455 Chapter 3.4.II. In Civil War . ........................................................................ ...thout rule or rein; sav- age itself, yet with all the tools and weapons of civilisation; a spectacle new in History. In such a France, as in a Powder-... ...t suffer Death to be spoken of; avoided the sight of churchyards, funereal monuments, and whatsoever could bring it to mind. It is the resource of the... ...s, it is said, What a spec- tacle! Now too behold our Deane, our Franklin, American Pleni- potentiaries, here in position soliciting; (1777; Deane som... ...e privateers armed. Paul Jones shall equip his Bon Homme Richard: weapons, military stores can be smuggled over (if the English do not seize them); wh... ...ourtiers could oust him; parsi- monious finance-pedant as he was. Again, a military pedant, Saint-Germain, with his Prussian manoeuvres; with his Prus... ...ant glances on the Bust of Lafayette, which has stood there ever since the American War of Liberty. Whereupon, by acclamation, Lafayette is nominated....

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of greater importance in Boswell?s day than now. I have kept in mind an old habit, common...

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...permitted to practice as an ad- vocate there, without a doctor’s degree in Civil Law. ‘I am (said he) a total stranger to these stud- ies; but whateve... ...y suspended in the years 1745 and 1746, those years which were marked by a civil war in Great-Britain, when a rash attempt was made to restore the Hou... ...ended in the years 1745 and 1746, those years which were marked by a civil war in Great-Britain, when a rash attempt was made to restore the House of ... ...l Paoli had the loftiest port of any man he had ever seen.’ He denied that military men were always the best bred men. ‘Perfect good breeding,’ he obs... ...r mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners; whereas, in a military man, you can commonly distinguish the Brand of a soldier, l’homme ... ...every thing English prevailed much in France after Lord Chatham’s glorious war, he said, he did not wonder at it, for that we had drubbed those fellow... ...iga- tion, by transmitting to me copies of two letters from Dr. Johnson to American gentlemen. On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in Londo... ...ink that he had read Spenser.’ A proposition which had been agitated, that monuments to eminent persons should, for the time to come, be erected in St... ...as to the justice and wisdom of the conduct of Great-Britain to- wards the American colonies, while I at the same time requested that he would enable ...

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Excerpt: What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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..., educa tion? Shall we call the stone engine a savage and the steel one a civilized man? The original rock contained the stuff of which the steel one... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...at mere public opinion could force a timid and peaceful man to— O.M. Go to war? Yes—public opinion can force some men to do anything. Y.M. Anything?... ...hrist and Him crucified every day and every night to little groups of half civilized foreign paupers who scoff at him. But he rejoices in the scoffing... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...dit belongs to their Maker. They are entitled to no honors, no praises, no monuments when they die, no remembrance. One is a complex and elaborate mac... ...ns, the Russians, the Germans, the French, the English, the Spaniards, the Americans, the South Americans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Hindus, the ... ...order. The mass of heads in the square were covered by gilt helmets and by military caps roofed with a mirror like gaze, and the movements of the wear... ...e shape of the hu man profile. By four the back of the head was good, the military cap was pretty good, the nose was bold and strong, the upper lip s...

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...re, was the son of Francois Arouet of Poitou, who lived in Paris, had given up his office of notary two years before the birth of this his third son, and obtained some years afterwards a treasurer?s office in the Chambre des Comptes. Voltaire was born in the year 1694. He lived until within ten or eleven years of the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and was a chief...

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... very difficult for thee to refrain from laughter, when I answered all thy civilities without uncovering my head, and at the same time said ‘thee’ and... ... many other Christians for- swear themselves on the holy Gospels. We never war or fight in any case; but it is not that we are afraid, for so far from... ...d to foot, and travelled from one village to another, ex- claiming against war and the clergy. Had his invectives been levelled against the soldiery o... ...hat country. The first step he took was to enter into an alliance with his American neighbours, and this is the only treaty between those people and t... ...in his native country, went back to Penn- sylvania. His own people and the Americans received him with tears of joy, as though he had been a father wh... ...emolishing of a few of them. For religious rage ceased in England with the civil wars, and was no more under Queen Anne than the hol- low noise of a s... ...weden, which however was suppressed in honour to his memory. He embraced a military life for some time, and afterwards becoming a complete philosopher... ...ion of the spec- tator is not the mausoleums of the English kings, but the monuments which the gratitude of the nation has erected to perpetuate the m... ...viewed in Athens; and I am persuaded that the bare sight of those glorious monuments has fired more than one breast, and been the occasion of their be...

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........................................................................................................................... 23 THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR TARR AND PROFESSOR FETHER ...................................................................... 31 HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE ....................................................................................................

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...here, the dark, tall statures of the Princes Metzengerstein—their muscular war-coursers plunging over the carcasses of fallen foes —startled the stead... ...les, Lettres, Universal, Experimental, Biblio- graphical, Association, To, Civilize, Humanity.” Dr. Moneypenny made the title for us, and says he chos... ...making known to him the wishes of the society, he re- ceived me with great civility, took me into his study, and gave me a clear explanation of the wh... ...ut. Audacity:—Y our diddler is audacious.—He is a bold man. He carries the war into Africa. He conquers all by assault. He would not fear the daggers ... ...he least interesting of which is the fact that a thousand years ago actual monuments had fallen into disuse— as was all very proper —the people conten... ...ously laid by itself “solitary and alone” (excuse me for quoting the great American poet Benton!), as a guarantee of the magnani- mous intention. We a... ...suspended; and but for the knot under my left ear (which had the feel of a military stock) I dare say that I should have experienced very little incon... ...is full share of the blessings of mortality? He was the originator of tall monuments—shot-towers—lightning- rods—Lombardy poplars. His treatise upon “... ...it. The truth is, I labored under the disadvantage of having no monkey—and American streets are so muddy, and a Democratic rabble is so obstrusive, an...

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...tened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies, and sent a harsh and unprincipled soldier to take away our liberties and endanger our religion. The administration of Sir Edmund Andros lacked scarcely a single characteristic of tyranny: a Governor and Council, holding offic...

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...sylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ...ad ventured on an enterprise, the success of which would be the triumph of civil and religious rights and the salvation of New England. It was but a d... ...gainst the house of Stuart. Here, also, were the veterans of King Philip’s war, who had burned villages and slaughtered young and old, with pious fier... ... his native land. The captain of a frigate in the harbor, and two or three civil officers under the Crown, were also there. But the figure which most ... ...g- nity. Now, he marched onward with a warrior’s step, keeping time to the military music. Thus the aged form advanced on one side, and the whole para... ...ld country. He had remained in England during the first years of the civil war, in which he had borne some share as a cornet of dragoons, under Cromwe... ...rson came forth from among them. The Quaker saw the dress which marked his military rank, and shook her head; but then she noted the hesitating air, t... ...ge than General George Washington; and the other principal officers of the American army, such as Gates, Lee, Putnam, Schuyler, Ward and Heath, were r... ...ce Told Tales whether all’s right?” “Old and young, we dream of graves and monuments,” murmured the stranger youth. “I wonder how mariners feel when t...

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...Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ...and with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God Raised impious war in heav’n and battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power ... ..., We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable, to our grand foe, Who now triumphs, and in th’ excess... ...ring tell Of BABEL, and the works of MEMPHIAN Kings, Learn how thir greatest Monuments of Fame, And Strength and Art are easily outdone By Spirits rep... ...ends, fit body to fit head; Was this your discipline and faith ingag’d, Your military obedience, to dissolve Allegeance to th’ acknowledg’d Power supr... ...y right of merit Reigns. Goe MICHAEL of Celestial Armies Prince, And thou in Military prowess next GABRIEL, lead forth to Battel these my Sons Invinci... ...That under ground they fought in dismal shade; Infernal noise; Warr seem’d a civil Game To this uproar; horrid confusion heapt Upon confusion rose: an... ...e; O how unlike To that first naked Glorie. Such of late COLUMBUS found th’ AMERICAN to girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde Among the T... ...ell, Rape or Adulterie, where passing faire Allurd them; thence from Cups to civil Broiles. At length a Reverend Sire among them came, And of thir doi...

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...e by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such si...

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...PTER VIII: MEMOIRS OF AN ISLET .................................................................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON ? CIVIL ENGINEER...................................................... 58 CHAPTER X: TALK AND TALKERS ............................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER XI: TALK AND TALKERS...

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...is Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is... ........................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON – CIVIL ENGINEER ...................................................... 58 CH... ...ll we eager him to eat of it himself. The same spirit inspired Miss Bird’s American missionaries, who had come thousands of miles to change the faith ... ... their ignorance of the religions they were trying to supplant. I quote an American in this connection without scruple. Uncle Sam is better than John ... ... And that same night he was tossing in a brain fever. People are afraid of war and wounds and dentists, all with excellent reason; but these are not t... ...ny are strangely fled. They do not stand merely to the dead, these foolish monuments; they are pillars and legends set up to glorify the difficult but... ...use, and his dogs my quest- ing dragoons. Little by little we dropped into civilities; his hail at sight of me began to have less of the ring of a war... ...to civilities; his hail at sight of me began to have less of the ring of a war- slogan; soon, we never met but he produced his snuff-box, which was wi... ... child (unless Master James) but has hunted gold, and been a pirate, and a military com- mander, and a bandit of the mountains; but has fought, and su...