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... Nature and truth are the same every where , and reason shows them every where alike . But the accidents and other causes , which give rise and growth to opinions both in specu- lation and practice , are of infinite variety ...
... Nature and truth are the same every where , and reason shows them every where alike . But the accidents and other causes , which give rise and growth to opinions both in specu- lation and practice , are of infinite variety ...
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... that the destinies of two countries so nearly allied by nature , cannot be wholly separate from each other . the people have carried a law which will create popular 1 * DEDICATION . 3 the overthrow of its inventors, has made a condemned ...
... that the destinies of two countries so nearly allied by nature , cannot be wholly separate from each other . the people have carried a law which will create popular 1 * DEDICATION . 3 the overthrow of its inventors, has made a condemned ...
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... natural to the state of things amidst which it appears , but covered , at the same time , with the taudry tatters of a deprav- ed licentiousness , the baleful heritage of times gone by . Nobody will believe - whatever mischief might ...
... natural to the state of things amidst which it appears , but covered , at the same time , with the taudry tatters of a deprav- ed licentiousness , the baleful heritage of times gone by . Nobody will believe - whatever mischief might ...
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... nature of a work like the present , which furnishes in itself an excuse for its imperfections . On the one hand , the author is called upon to devote much industry and time to the collection of his materials ; and this gives his efforts ...
... nature of a work like the present , which furnishes in itself an excuse for its imperfections . On the one hand , the author is called upon to devote much industry and time to the collection of his materials ; and this gives his efforts ...
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... natural ; and we may therefore easily fall into the common belief that it was through the co- lony of Miletus that prose novels or romances first reached Italy and Greece . As might have been expected , they treated chiefly of licen ...
... natural ; and we may therefore easily fall into the common belief that it was through the co- lony of Miletus that prose novels or romances first reached Italy and Greece . As might have been expected , they treated chiefly of licen ...
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administration amongst aristocracy army arrondissement authority body Brulart called calvinists centimes chamber chamber of deputies Chambre des Pairs character Châteaubriand church civil clergy colonel commerce commune composed consistory council cour d'assises court division duty écrit périodique England English equality existence favour France French Galerian gentleman give habits happy honour hours daily ideas institutions jour journal juge d'instruction King labour lady land less Louis XV LOUIS-PHILIPPE Macculloch majorat manner manufacturing ment middle class military minister ministry Monsieur Monsieur Thomas nation nature nobility non-commissioned officers officers opinion Palais-Royal paper Paris party passion persons philosopher police political poor popular population prefect present president priests primogeniture principles proprietor protestant punishment rank receive regiments religion respect revolution rich royal sera society soldier thing throne tion towns tribunals wealth wish writing young
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Page 331 - La présente loi discutée , délibérée et adoptée par la Chambre des Pairs et par celle des Députés, et sanctionnée par nous cejourd'hui, sera exécutée comme loi de l'Etat.
Page 332 - ... qu'elle favorise le génie, épure le goût, développe les passions vertueuses, donne de la vigueur à la pensée, offre des formes nobles à l'écrivain et des moules parfaits à l'artiste...
Page 330 - Donnons en mandement à nos Cours et Tribunaux, préfets, corps administratifs, et tous autres, que les présentes ils gardent et maintiennent, fassent garder, observer et maintenir, et, pour les rendre plus notoires à tous, ils les fassent publier et enregistrer partout où besoin sera...
Page 332 - On l'avait séduit en lui disant que le christianisme était un culte né du sein de la barbarie, absurde dans ses dogmes, ridicule dans ses cérémonies, ennemi des arts et des lettres, de la raison et de la beauté; un culte qui n'avait jamais fait que verser le sang, enchaîner les hommes, et retarder le bonheur et les lumières du genre humain.
Page 330 - DONNONS EN MANDEMENT à nos cours et tribunaux, préfets, corps administratifs , et tous autres , que les présentes ils gardent et maintiennent, fassent garder, observer et maintenir, et, pour les rendre plus notoires à tous , ils les fassent publier et enregistrer partout où besoin sera ; et , afin que ce soit chose ferme et stable à toujours, nous y avons fait mettre notre sceau.
Page 244 - ... should not his character be under the same protection ? It is not for the sake of the individual, but for the sake of the public, that his person is under such protection ; and, in respect of the public, the imputing corruption and the perversion of justice to him, in an order made by him at his chambers, is attended with much more...
Page 187 - Je venais d'avoir vingt ans, lorsque ma mère entra un matin dans ma chambre, s'approcha de mon lit, m'embrassa en pleurant, et me dit : - Mon ami, je viens de vendre tout ce que nous avions, pour payer nos dettes. - Eh bien, ma mère? - Eh bien, mon pauvre enfant, nos dettes payées, il nous reste deux cent cinquante-trois francs. - De rente?... Ma mère sourit tristement. - En tout?... repris-je. - En tout. - Eh bien, ma mère, je prendrai, ce soir, les cinquantetrois francs, et je partirai pour...
Page 331 - Toute contravention à la disposition ci-dessus sera punie d'un emprisonnement de six jours à deux mois pour la première fois, et de deux mois à un an en cas de récidive. Les...
Page 147 - The family sits round the table, and each rapidly appropriates his portion on a plate, or, they all plunge their spoons into the dish, and with an animal eagerness satisfy the cravings of their appetite. At the expiration...
Page 332 - ... la religion chrétienne est la plus poétique, la plus humaine, la plus favorable à la liberté, aux arts et aux lettres; que le monde moderne lui doit tout, depuis l'agriculture jusqu'aux sciences abstraites ; depuis les hospices pour les malheureux, jusqu'aux temples bâtis par MichelAnge et décorés par Raphaël.