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...his teeth, his sudden wooden laugh, the absence of smiles, his exclusively political or politic-economical conversation, his passion for roast beef an... ...-rooms, and in his behaviour was more than ever Anglomaniac, grumbling and political. But the year 1825 came and brought much sorrow. Intimate friends... ...o doze off to the sound of the chatter of the old steward; he, the man of! political ideas, burnt all his schemes, all his correspondence, trembled be... ...repancy between his father’s words and 41 deeds, between his wide liberal theories and his harsh petty despotism; but he had not expected such a comp... ...less self-confidence, and playing with the weightiest ad- ministrative and political questions, as a juggler plays with balls. The expressions: “That’...

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...eman ought to have done. His evenings were occupied. His work was in a way political, he told Winnie once. She would have, he warned her, to be very n... ...he told Winnie once. She would have, he warned her, to be very nice to his political friends. And with her straight, unfathomable glance she answered ... ...ily. “Its deliberations upon international ac- tion for the suppression of political crime don’t seem to get anywhere. England lags. This country is a... ... to drive them out of their houses to starve in ditches. And they have the political power still, if they only had the sense to use it for their prese... ...urant or a theatre would suffer in the same way from the suggestion of non-political passion: the exas- peration of a hungry man, an act of social rev... ...to guide it safely he dismissed resolutely all suppositions, surmises, and theories out of his mind. He had the woman there, absolutely flinging herse...

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... you must have come) was nothing but a slough at all seasons of the year. “Political events and revolutions had never reached this inaccessible countr... ...tem; there is nothing wonderful about them, they do not lend themselves to theories; it is their misfortune to be merely practically useful. And then ... ...as yet to grasp the changed con- ditions which should attach them to these theories. They have only reached those ideas which conduce to economy and t... ...ought to deal with according to its des- serts. Here I have discovered its political necessity and its usefulness as a moral agent; here, moreover, I ... ...blish to-day. The principle of election made it for a long while the great political power. Except the Catholic Church, there was no single religious ... ...are combined in religious dogma. It would be very difficult for any modern political system, however perfect people may think it, to work once more su... ...riters have called in question. In my opinion, a man who has thought out a political system, and who is conscious that he has within him the power of ...

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...man who knew himself honourably unclean, per- haps consequently a bit of a political jewel, hearing one of their number confounded for his pains, and ... ... cannot do, you must teach him to admire. A mercantile community guided by Political Economy from the ledger to the banquet presided over by its Dagon... ...or recreative dancing! And what a people, to be turning it into a place of political agitation! And what a country, where from morning to night it’s a... ...nion of the 144 One of Our Conquerors old order and the new, cessation to political turmoil: Radi- calism, Socialism, all the monster names of things... ...ncountered Mr. Caddis, and it was an encounter. Mr. Caddis represented his political opinions; but here was this cur of a Caddis whineing his niminy n... ... he brightened a moment, and he sank back absorbed in her prin- ciples and theories of life. It was understood by Nesta, that the processionists, goin... ...he laby- rinthine convolutions and changeful motives of the sex! Dartrey’s theories were absurd. Did Nataly think them dan- gerous for a young woman? ...

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...s were as a dyke against those invad- ing waters of novel opinion, social, political and other- wise, which carried away as in a torrent no few minds ... ... by birth he belonged were incensed at the innovators mainly because their theories were inimical to the privileged classes, not alone Captain Vere di...

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...practically no economic freedom,” said Miss Miniver, “because they have no political freedom. Men have seen to that. The one profession, the one decen... ...se I don’t know. I suppose an intelligent person ought to be interested in political affairs. They concern us all.” “I wonder,” said Mr. Manning, with... ...sort of history. But look at these glorious daisies!” “But don’t you think political questions are important?” “I don’t think they are this afternoon,... ...I’m old-fashioned, Miss Stanley. I don’t think women need to trouble about political questions.” “I want a vote,” said Ann Veronica. “Really!” said Mr... ...l, it isn’t exactly a depressing state, is it?” “You don’t know.” “One has theories,” said Ann Veronica, radiantly. “Oh, theories! Being in love is a ...

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...f sugar. And, alas, if to these two notabilities, of a Phenomenon and such Theories of a Phenomenon, we add this third notability, That the French Nat... ...e; endless Necessity environing Freewill! The weapons of the Girondins are Political Philosophy, Respectability and Eloquence. Eloquence, or call it r... ...ck, wherein better or worse some ration of bread may be found. It is true, Political Economy, Girondin free-trade, and all law of supply and demand, a... ...life, and began and ended,—remains the most interesting of all Chapters in Political Economy: still to be written. All which things are they not clean... ... 130 The French Revolution - V olume Three quitting him? Principle, faith political or other, beyond a certain faith of mess-rooms, and honour of an ... ... the purport of it, though not consciously so. False hopes, of Fraternity, Political Millennium, and what not, we have always seen: but the unseen hea...

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...absorbed in the spectacle of a world travailing for lack of the gospel of “Political Justice”, the study of orthographical niceties must have seemed a... ... to it every power of his mind, every pulsation of his heart. He looked on political freedom as the direct agent to effect the happiness of mankind; a... ... fast aug- menting; and, in the ameliorations that have taken place in the political state of his country, we may trace in part the operation of his a... ...e public mind, as to how far a thirst for a happier condition of moral and political society survives, among the enlightened and refined, the tem- pes... ...virtue, and be incited to those inquir- ies which have led to my moral and political creed, and that of some of the sublimest intellects in the world.... ...ild talk will show _200 How vain are such aspiring theories.’ ‘I hope to prove the induction otherwise, And that a want of tha... ...ore particularly in the lyrics of this drama, his abstruse and imaginative theories with regard to the Creation. It requires a mind as subtle and pene...

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...er the name of one of their eminent ministers. The Puritans formed a great political as well as religious party in England, and did not at first separ... ... with out which the affairs of life would be thrown into confusion by the theories of studious and visionary men. Wherefore, teach them their multipl... ...es printed volumes, were strewn manuscript sermons, historical tracts, and political pamphlets, all written in such a queer, blind, crabbed, fantastic...

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...that case I cannot profess to imagine, for I have long since abandoned all theories about the ideals and satisfactions of Heaven. To be alone in a bal... ...ruction, and so sinking towards a tragic disorder of 69 H G Wells chronic political vendetta. Wedged in among these porten- tous larger bulks, swayed... ...ing, metal-work and sculp- ture, for example, in the grim intensity,of her political method, in her maritime and commercial ascendancy. But she repeat... ...e people of New York dealt altogether too much with the war as if it was a political demonstration. Little or no damage, they urge, was done to either... ...ers. Chief among these, it is worth remarking, was Mohini K. Chatterjee, a political exile who had formerly served in the British-Indian aeronautic pa... ... time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has se- lected out of a...

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...from her cradle, has been my destined bride. In this lies the secret of my political enthusiasm. Spain has taken the place of a mis- tress and receive... ...ing my grati- tude: “I have no doubt that you left Spain in consequence of political events. If my father is sent there, as seems to be ex- pected, we... ...h feelings of a very high order, and I shall thus be obliged to enter into political questions of the greatest importance to the kingdom, which might ... ... the reasons of your conduct, I have weaved together all sorts of romantic theories about you. “She has made a mere experiment in marriage,” I thought... ...urself in the country, I shall be cross. T ell me, are you afraid that the political wisdom of the house of l’Estorade should seem to centre in you? O... ... On reading your last letter but one, I find some stinging comments on our political situation. You mocked at us for keeping the post in the Audit Dep...

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...us formulae, certain rules of conduct, certain concep- tions of social and political order, that had no more relevance to the realities and needs of e... ...indictment of all Lord Redcar’s class, their manners, morals, economic and political crimes, when my trouble with Nettie arose to swamp all minor trou... ...ed from the neglect of feudal obligations in Britain and the utter want of political foresight in the Americas, large masses of property had be- come ... ...ures that 164 In the Days of the Comet formed the most powerful weapon in political controversy. Like almost every main feature of the old condition ... ...and destructive speculations, the socialistic, republican, and communistic theories that one may still trace through the literature of the last days o...

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...0th of April. It ran as follows: “After examining one by one the different theories, re- jecting all other suggestions, it becomes necessary to admit ... ...ine machine, have excited public feeling in the two continents. I omit the theories without number by which it was sought to explain that of which you... ...iterature abounded in every language; but I did not see one single work on political economy; that subject appeared to be strictly proscribed. Strange... ...ned over by him, was covered with marginal notes, often contradict- ing my theories and systems; but the Captain contented himself with thus purging m...

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...nd if he were not asked to be chairman he would refuse the use of it for a political meeting. Josiah Graves told Mr. Carey that he might do as he chos... ... pedagogics, and this was natural enough; but he had much to say of modern theories in Germany which they had never heard of and received with misgivi... ...hange of yokes; he had been expelled from Geneva for it was not known what political offences. Philip looked upon him with puzzled surprise; for he wa... ... filled no breast with a hotter fire. One might fancy him, passionate with theories of human equality and human rights, discussing, arguing, fighting ... ... look like his old rooms at the Hall. He had ambi- tions that were vaguely political, he described himself as a Whig, and he was put up for a club whi... ...tely polite to him, and during the soup they talked of the weather and the political situation. There was a pause while they waited for the leg of mut... ...aw said, but Philip had a practical outlook and he grew impatient with the theories which resulted in no action. Cronshaw’s slim bundle of poetry did ... ...o, on the last day of September , eager to put into practice all these new theories of life, Philip, with sixteen hundred pounds and his club- foot, s... ...senses like anybody else, it was only a question of awakening them; he had theories about woman, the rip at heart, and thought that there 387 W. Some...

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...minous; and in both are tall and ancient trees that have outlived a thousand political vicissitudes. But in the one the great oaks prosper placidly up... ...– his memory rich in anecdotes of the great men of yore, his mind fertile in theories; sceptical, composed, and venerable to the eye; and yet beneath ...

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...he three concords, and it is possible—thank Heaven!—to have very erroneous theories and very sublime feelings. The raw bacon which clumsy Molly spares... ...he bay mare, you must have felt that, however ill he harmonized with sound theories of the clerical office, he somehow harmonized extremely well with ... ... claims unless he saw very clear grounds for ques- tioning them. He had no theories about setting the world to rights, but he saw there was a great de... ...pen to leave them quite out of our religion and philosophy and frame lofty theories which only fit a world of extremes. Therefore, let Art always remi... ... just yet. Meanwhile the conversation at the head of the table had taken a political turn. Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, thou... ...rs!” “Ah! Think o’ that, now!” said Mr. Poyser, impressed at once with the political bearings of the fact and with its striking interest as an anecdot...

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...hbour on the left during the roast, sweet, and savoury. They talked of the political situa- tion and of golf, of their children and the latest play , ... ... if his views were outrageous. I feel the need to ascribe to him fantastic theories about his predecessors, and it is with a certain sense of disillus...

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...unt for its not happening as a rule. I suppose you know something of these theories—” “Very little—except that they are wrong.” 160 Twelve Stories an... ...ying that game for years, that big laborious game, that vague, mon- strous political game amidst intrigues and betrayals, speech and agitation. It was...

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...nce more shown her talent for profiting by the unex- pected, and dangerous theories as to the advisability of yield- ing to impulse were germinating u... ... for money. Lily’s preference would have been for an English nobleman with political ambi- tions and vast estates; or, for second choice, an Italian p... ...her life Lily had seen money go out as quickly as it came in, and whatever theories she cultivated as to the prudence of setting aside a part of her g...

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...y entered the current, as profoundly as the most zealous dilettante. One’s theories, after all, matter little; it is one’s humor that is the great thi... ...her, and for his sake I beg you to abstain from any attempt to verify your theories.” “For the sake of that seedy old gentleman who came to fetch her?... ...atures of the time. The marquis presently replied that he had but a single political conviction, which was enough for him: he believed in the divine r...