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... rich one . First , wealth lost its prestige because it was unaccompanied by birth , and then birth lost its prestige because it was unaccompanied by wealth . In this manner , that habit of unthinking respect for superior rank , which ...
... rich one . First , wealth lost its prestige because it was unaccompanied by birth , and then birth lost its prestige because it was unaccompanied by wealth . In this manner , that habit of unthinking respect for superior rank , which ...
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... rich men and to exclude poor men from entering upon newspaper speculation . Rich men once so occupied , they erect expensive machinery , and collect expensive information . The effect of a low tax in a country , where there are not ...
... rich men and to exclude poor men from entering upon newspaper speculation . Rich men once so occupied , they erect expensive machinery , and collect expensive information . The effect of a low tax in a country , where there are not ...
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... rich men , and very rich men have very naturally laid it down as a principle that great riches are an unequivocal sign that the persons possessing them will take care of the wealth of their neighbours . Now , so much of this is true ...
... rich men , and very rich men have very naturally laid it down as a principle that great riches are an unequivocal sign that the persons possessing them will take care of the wealth of their neighbours . Now , so much of this is true ...
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... rich man , in short , is just as likely to rob the poor man , if he has the capability of doing so , as the poor man is to rob the rich one - always supposing in either case that principle is not there as a preventive . But this has not ...
... rich man , in short , is just as likely to rob the poor man , if he has the capability of doing so , as the poor man is to rob the rich one - always supposing in either case that principle is not there as a preventive . But this has not ...
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... rich , you make papers themselves more powerful than they ought to be , and encourage them to be less honest . 3dly By creating a price for papers which but few , speaking comparatively , can afford , you make them disregardless of the ...
... rich , you make papers themselves more powerful than they ought to be , and encourage them to be less honest . 3dly By creating a price for papers which but few , speaking comparatively , can afford , you make them disregardless of the ...
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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.
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| Title | The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political, Second Series, Volume 1 The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political, Second Series, Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer “The” Monarchy of the Middle Classes. France, Social, Literary, Political,: Second Series. By Henry Lytton Bulwer, ... In Two Volumes, Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer |
| Author | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer |
| Publisher | R. Bentley, 1836 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 May 2007 |
| Length | 324 pages |
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