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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...phalia in 1648, was notoriously the last and the decisive conflict between Popery and Protestantism; the result of that war it was which fi- nally enl... ... a royal and a papal summons, the visit to Rome and the interview with the Pope—finally, the return to South America, and the mysterious disappearance... ...h as to require a special indulgence; and this indulgence was granted by a Pope to the interces- sion of a king—the greatest then reigning. It was a f... ...r have been regarded doubtfully merely through insufficient knowledge. Dr. Johnson, indeed, made it the distinguishing merit of the French, that they ... ...g merit of the French, that they “have a book upon every subject.” But Dr. Johnson was not only capricious as regards temper and vari- able humors, bu... ...gards the inequality of his knowledge. Incoherent and unsystematic was Dr. Johnson’s information in most cases. Hence his extravagant misappraisement ... ... would prove to be their final destination. 363 Thomas de Quincey CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII TWO DAYS ELAP... ...d at their disposal for dealing with the refractory and obstinate. CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII PAULINA MEDIT...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...ranslator – Henry Reeve Book One Introduction Special Introduction By Hon. John T. Morgan In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In... ...n rights and liberties have already inspired the souls of the people. Hon. John T. Morgan Special Introduction By Hon. John J. Ingalls Nearly two-thir... ...lution.” He died at Cannes, April 15, 1859, at the age of fifty-four. Hon. John J. Ingalls Introductory Chapter Amongst the novel objects that attract... ...erica was peopled by men who, after having shaken off the authority of the Pope, acknowl- edged no other religious supremacy; they brought with them i... ...not in their power to use. 728 Democracy in America Book Three – Chapters XXIII – XVI Chapter XXIII: Which Is the Most Warlike and Most Revolutionary...

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Ferragus Chief of the Devorants

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ynas- ties of their Order they are most in sympathy with, precisely as the Popes do, on their accession, in connection with pon- tifical dynasties. Th... ...ts did, at one time, elect him as their chief, under the title of Ferragus XXIII. The police ought to know that, if the police were instituted to know... ...ther—” “All has been foreseen, and prepared. A few days hence, his Majesty John VI., King of Portugal will be my accomplice. My child, you must have a... ... and the government of Paris. Per- haps, also, Monsieur Jules and Ferragus XXIII. may have proved sufficiently interesting to make a few words on thei... ...y for him. “It is he!” said Jules, beholding in that human wreck, Ferragus XXIII., chief of the Devorants. Then, after a pause, he added, “How he love...

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Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

... JANE AUSTEN XVI 112 XVII 118 XVIII 123 II 130 XIX 132 XX 141 XXI 147 XXII 154 XXIII 163 XXIV 172 XXV 179 XXVI 189 XXVII 196 XXVIII 204 XXIX 211 XXX 2... ... that very time about your mother’s dairymaid, by her desire, and had promised John Groom to write to Mrs. Jefferies about his son, and the poor fello... ... got a fancy in her head, nothing can stop her.” Chapter XIII T HE HONOURABLE John Yates, this new friend, had not much to recommend him beyond habit... ...pause. “Do you remember Hawkins Browne’s ‘Address to Tobacco,’ in imitation of Pope? — ‘Blest leaf! whose aromatic gales dispense To Templars modesty,... ...nder the chill, the annihilation of a Mr. — and Mr. Edmund is no more than Mr. John or Mr. Thomas. Well, shall we join and disappoint them of half the... ...nished that subject, he grew thoughtful and indisposed for any other. Chapter XXIII B UT WHY should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?” said Lady Bertram. “How ca...

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Letters on England

By: Voltaire, 1694-1778

... AS CULTIV ATE THE BELLES LETTRES .............................. 81 LETTER XXIII.—ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS ................ ...cked at his impiety, “you have then forgot that Christ was baptised by St. John.” “Friend,” replies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ ind... ...lies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ indeed was baptised by John, but He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ,... ...t He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ, not of John.” I pitied very much the sincerity of my worthy Quaker, and was absolu... ...ees, to their tempo- ral authority in the Goth and V andal government. The popes set themselves at their head, and armed with their briefs, their bull... ...e island soon followed his example; England became in- sensibly one of the Pope’s provinces, and the Holy Father used to send from time to time his le... ...ing John delivered up by a public instrument the kingdom of England to the Pope, who had excommuni- cated him; but the barons, not finding their accou... ... palm; but happy the writer who could display their various merits. LETTER XXIII.—ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS N EITHER THE ...

.......................................... 76 LETTER XX.?ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES.............................. 81 LETTER XXIII.?ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS .................... 92 LETTER XXIV.?ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES ...................................................... 96...

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Bride of Lammermoor

By: Sir Walter Scott

...till the first rude emanations of his ge- nius, like the nursery rhymes of Pope, could these be recov- ered, will be dear to the companions of Dick Ti... ...l the grooms”; and sturdily did Caleb roar till the old tower rang again: “John— William—Saunders! The lads are gane out, or sleeping,” he observed, a... ... host and entertainer. “T ake the goods the gods provide you, as the great John Dryden says; or stay—here, my friend, lend me that horse; I see you ha... ...roprietor of the lands and barony of Wolf ’s Crag, on othe ne part, and to John Whitefish and others, feuars in the town of Wolf’s Hope, within the ba... ...nt was splendid to profusion, and was protracted till a late hour. CHAPTER XXIII. Such was our fallen father’s fate, Yet better than mine own; He shar...

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