 | Jean-Gabriel Peltier, James Adams - Ambigu - 1803 - 494 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness; and, without...remain safe. Smaller states exempted from this cruel necessity-—a hard condition of greatness, a bitter satire on 'hurrian nature—devoted themselves... | |
 | 1804 - 552 pages
...habits of their people, as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion ; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 514 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion ; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of of their greatness; and, without being great, they...remain safe. Smaller states exempted from this cruel necessity—a hard condition of greatness, a bitter satire on human nature—devoted themselves to... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 516 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion ; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 1008 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion ; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion ; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 470 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...reason. They became places of refuge for free and fearless discussion; they were the impartial spectators and judges of the various contests of ambition,... | |
 | John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 474 pages
...habits of their people as one of the main objects of their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness; and, without...remain safe. Smaller states, exempted from this cruel necessity—a hard condition of greatness, a bitter satire on human nature—devoted themselves to... | |
 | Trials - 1820 - 742 pages
...habits ol their people as one of the main objects ol their policy. Frequent hostilities seem almost the necessary condition of their greatness ; and,...a hard condition of greatness, a bitter satire on hunuu nature — devoted themselves to the arts of peace, to the cultivation of litcra lure, and the... | |
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... interesting parts of the ancient system of Europe. Unfortunately for the repose of mankind, great states are compelled, by regard to their own safety, to consider the military spirit and martial habits of their people as one of the main objects of... 
