The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political, Second Series, Volume 1 |
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... desire to be perfectly accurate in certain details , to ascertain which a visit to Paris was necessary , that delayed their appearance . These form the necessary continuation to the two volumes published a year ago and called , “ France ...
... desire to be perfectly accurate in certain details , to ascertain which a visit to Paris was necessary , that delayed their appearance . These form the necessary continuation to the two volumes published a year ago and called , “ France ...
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... desire for action and that passion for power , which are its necessary concomitants . It is impossible for these causes to exist without their effects . It is impossible for the whole frame of society to have been shifting from under ...
... desire for action and that passion for power , which are its necessary concomitants . It is impossible for these causes to exist without their effects . It is impossible for the whole frame of society to have been shifting from under ...
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... desire of a writer who hopes , my dear Sir , for your friendship , and aspires above the mere party aims and politics of the hour . Some , I know , imagine that every period of civilization is to have the same results . They quarrel ...
... desire of a writer who hopes , my dear Sir , for your friendship , and aspires above the mere party aims and politics of the hour . Some , I know , imagine that every period of civilization is to have the same results . They quarrel ...
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... desire was felt , which no one satisfied , till Sir Walter Scott , succeeding the Misses Porter , who had already feebly attempted the same line of romance , carried his genius into a school , fore - destined to be popular — becoming ...
... desire was felt , which no one satisfied , till Sir Walter Scott , succeeding the Misses Porter , who had already feebly attempted the same line of romance , carried his genius into a school , fore - destined to be popular — becoming ...
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... to me nothing in the following pages , save the desire to cover such want of nature , taste and decency , with all the censure and ridicule it deserves . C 2 LEONE LIONI , ( a swindler ) | CAPTAIN BRULART LIGHT LITERATURE . 27.
... to me nothing in the following pages , save the desire to cover such want of nature , taste and decency , with all the censure and ridicule it deserves . C 2 LEONE LIONI , ( a swindler ) | CAPTAIN BRULART LIGHT LITERATURE . 27.
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Page 309 - 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...
Page 312 - 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 309 - 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. Fait au palais des Tuileries , le troisième jour du mois de mai de l'an Signé LOUIS-PHILIPPE.
Page 314 - 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 189 - Furthermore, (continues he,) the study of truth is perpetually joined with the love of virtue ; for there is no virtue which derives not its original from truth ; as, on the contrary, there is no vice which has not its beginning from a lie.
Page 311 - Nul ne pourra exercer, même temporairement, la profession de crieur, de vendeur ou de distributeur sur la voie publique, d'écrits, dessins ou emblèmes imprimés, lithographiés, autographiés, moulés, gravés ou à la main, sans autorisation préalable de l'autorité municipale.
Page 314 - ... que de toutes les religions qui ont jamais existé 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.
Page 308 - ... de distance, à charge de notifier son opposition, tant au ministère public qu'à la partie civile. Le prévenu supportera, sans recours, les frais de l'expédition et de la signification de l'arrêt par défaut et de l'opposition, ainsi que de l'assignation et de la taxe des témoins appelés à l'audience pour le jugement de l'opposition. 19. Dans les cinq jours de la notification de l'opposition, le prévenu devra déposer au greffe une requête tendant à obtenir du président de la cour...
Page 314 - On devait montrer qu'il n'ya rien de plus divin que sa morale, rien de plus aimable, de plus pompeux que ses dogmes, sa doctrine et son culte...
Page 281 - ... purpose under several well-known and popular forms. The quantity of opium which, from habit, some children become capable of taking, is almost incredible, and the effects are correspondingly destructive. Even when the infants have a healthy appearance at birth, they almost, uniformly, become, in a few months, puny and sickly in their aspect, and a very large proportion fall victims to bronchitis, hydrocephalus, and other diseases, produced by want of care, and the pernicious habits we have detailed.