The verb would be Remember. Verbs will always be a word describing an action.
It might be stated that Mill employed a combination of formal and informal tone in "On liberty..", by developing some complex ideas, meanings and expressions. The author used metaphors and figurative languages to appeal to the audience. It might be added that Mill wrote those who agreed with him and he discussed his thesis by attacking the conservatives.
He used frases such as <span> "no one's idea," "no one should assert," "it would be absurd," "nobody denies" . </span>
Okay, so this is just my guess. I think your answer is "Continuous as the stars that shine."
Continuous means continually. It means to keep on going, forever and ever and ever, without stop. And stars are beautiful things indeed. So, something beautiful that can bring lasting joy. Something beautiful is the stars, and lasting is continuous, which is what leads to my guess.
Kovalf was a committee-man. He had been one for two years and he couldn't take that out of his own head. This only shows how much the Russian society used to value their titles back then and this might actually be true today.
Kovalf could never forget that he was once a committee-man, therefore to boost his own importance, even to himself, he started calling himself "Major".
