Austria, Volume 2J. Murray, 1840 - Austria |
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Page 381 - Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility : Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.
Page 140 - NO man shall teach either in public school, or private house, but such as shall be allowed by the Bishop of the diocese, or Ordinary of the place, under his hand and seal, being found meet as well for his learning and dexterity in teaching, as for sober and honest conversation, and also for right understanding of God's true religion...
Page 156 - God gave us freedom, as he gave to certain trouts, by the agency of a benevolent individual, who let them out of my lady's private pond into a large mill-dam ; but there were pikes in the mill-dam that were not...
Page 219 - Election nominates by vote, from the members of its own body, a certain number of candidates, and from these candidates the crown...
Page 141 - ... are remitted the certificates of proficiency, signed by the public inspectors at the half-yearly examinations. To the reign of the late Emperor Francis belongs the principal organization of the existing system, the foundations of which were laid in the earliest years of his reign (perhaps partially in that of his predecessor), and the superstructure raised and moulded by a great variety of subsequent edicts. Its progress has encountered difficulties in various quarters. In Hungary it is opposed,...
Page 258 - ... these, all males, whether noble or not noble, are registered for military service at the age of eighteen, unless exempted by constitutional debility, ecclesiastical destination, or a very few other specified causes. From those thus enregistered, the number required are taken by ballot; but are allowed to serve by approved substitutes, for whom, however, it is often requisite to pay very considerable sums. The period of service is only eight years; after which the soldier is entirely free, there...
Page 85 - In these resolutions the ancient discipline of the German church is asserted, with respect to nominations and elections to ecclesiastical benefices, and it is declared that " no bulls, briefs, or ordinances of the Pope, shall be binding on the bishops, unless the latter regularly signify their formal assent.
Page 218 - In the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, a somewhat more popular system prevails. Each of the two provinces has its Assembly, with attributes and powers similar to those of the German Stande, but their internal composition is wholly different. They have neither ecclesiastical members nor nobles sitting in right of birth or property, nor deputies of close corporations. The members are all elected ; but through the medium of a double, or, rather, a triple stage of election. The two great classes of...
Page 134 - ... and in those of merely scholastic nature, as well as in the conduct of the teachers, he addresses his remarks to the inspector of the district. The teachers at all the popular schools are required to produce testimonials from the normal school at which they have been instructed, and receive their appointment from the diocesan consistory, or from the provincial chief of any special religions for which they may be intended, but require in all cases the confirmation of the landesstelle.
Page 246 - public spirit," and " nationality." Their corrections are sometimes exceedingly ludicrous, as appears from the following example of a work treating of conflicts quite unconnected with the Austrian empire, where the expression " heroic champions" was cut down to " brave soldiers ;" and " a band of youthful heroes, who flocked around the glorious standard of their country," became " a considerable number of young men who voluntarily enlisted themselves for the public service.