The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: Speeches. Lays of ancient Rome. Miscellaneous poems. IndexLongmans, Green, 1897 |
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... institutions of our country . I understand those cheers : but surely the gentlemen who utter them will allow that the change which will be made in our institutions by this bill is far less violent than that which , according to the ...
... institutions of our country . I understand those cheers : but surely the gentlemen who utter them will allow that the change which will be made in our institutions by this bill is far less violent than that which , according to the ...
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... institutions of the country would be overturned by popular violence . Was he then accused of threatening the House ? Will any gentleman say that it is parliamentary and decorous to urge the danger arising from popular discontent as an ...
... institutions of the country would be overturned by popular violence . Was he then accused of threatening the House ? Will any gentleman say that it is parliamentary and decorous to urge the danger arising from popular discontent as an ...
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... institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our representative ...
... institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our representative ...
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... institutions . It is now time for us to pay a decent , a rational , a manly reverence to our ancestors , not by superstitiously adhering to what they , in other circum- stances , did , but by doing what they , in our circumstances ...
... institutions . It is now time for us to pay a decent , a rational , a manly reverence to our ancestors , not by superstitiously adhering to what they , in other circum- stances , did , but by doing what they , in our circumstances ...
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... institutions have no hold on the public mind of Eng- land ; that these institutions are regarded with aversion by a decided majority of the middle class . This , Sir , I say , is plainly deducible from his proposition ; for he tells us ...
... institutions have no hold on the public mind of Eng- land ; that these institutions are regarded with aversion by a decided majority of the middle class . This , Sir , I say , is plainly deducible from his proposition ; for he tells us ...
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Page 473 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 588 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly war-flame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone : it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 549 - Ho! maidens of Vienna! Ho! matrons of Lucerne! Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return; Ho! Philip, send for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls ; Ho ! gallant nobles of the League, look that your arms be bright ! Ho!
Page 522 - Straightway Virginius led the maid a little space aside, To where the reeking shambles stood, piled up with horn and hide, Close to yon low dark archway, where, in a crimson flood, Leaps down to the great sewer the gurgling stream of blood. Hard by, a flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed voice he spake, " Farewell, sweet child ! Farewell ! Oh!
Page 466 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Page 588 - Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be. From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay, That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly war-flame spread, High on St.
Page 471 - Just then a scout came flying, All wild with haste and fear: — " To arms! to arms! Sir Consul: Lars Porsena is here." On the low hills to westward The Consul fixed his eye, And saw the swarthy storm of dust Rise fast along the sky.
Page 475 - Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three. The Three stood calm and silent And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose: And forth three chiefs...
Page 476 - Three; And Lausulus of Urgo, The rover of the sea; And Aruns of Volsinium, Who slew the great wild boar, The great wild boar that had his den Amidst the reeds of Cosa's fen, And wasted fields, and slaughtered men, Along Albinia's shore. Herminius smote down Aruns: Lartius laid Ocnus low: Right to the heart of Lausulus Horatius sent a blow. "Lie there,
Page 511 - Back comes the Chief in triumph, Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.