 The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject; at...  Life of George Washington - Stran 446avtor: Washington Irving - 1901Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 618 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times, it makes the animosity...another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real... | |
 | M. Sears - 1844 - 596 strani
...passion, what reason would reject; at other times, it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to the projects of hostility, instigated by pride, ambition,...another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity 12* and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity...sinister and pernicious motives. The peace, often the liberty of nations, has been the victim. So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation to... | |
 | M. Sears - 1844 - 582 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject ; at other times, it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to the projects of hostility, instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives.... | |
 | Hector Orr - 1845 - 206 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity...perhaps the liberty of nations, has been the victim. •; • I , ; ; •. ! \ "^ ... FAREWELL ADDRES3. 43 of evils. Sympathy for the favourite nation,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity 12* and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity...sinister and pernicious motives. The peace, often the liberty of nations, has been the victim. . . So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation... | |
 | William Hickey - 1846 - 396 strani
...Government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity...peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations hag been the victim. So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation to another produces a variety... | |
 | United States. President - 1846 - 848 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject. At other times, it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to the projects of hostility, instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1846 - 240 strani
...government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to the projects of hostility, instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and ambitious motives.... | |
 | William Hickey - 1847 - 558 strani
...Government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts, through passion, what reason would reject; at other times it makes the animosity...ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The oeace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim. So, likewise, a passionate... | |
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