Selections from the Writings of Lord MacaulayHarper, 1877 - 472 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 5
... Never forgetful of Cowper's precept , that " perspicuity is more than half the battle , " he took care that any one who opens his volumes shall be able to read for- ward , with pleasure and understanding , at whatever page or paragraph ...
... Never forgetful of Cowper's precept , that " perspicuity is more than half the battle , " he took care that any one who opens his volumes shall be able to read for- ward , with pleasure and understanding , at whatever page or paragraph ...
Page 14
... never in his life seen finer or better - disciplined soldiers , and expressed the warmest gratitude to the Prince of Orange and the States for so valuable and seasonable a re - enforcement . This satisfac- tion , however , was not ...
... never in his life seen finer or better - disciplined soldiers , and expressed the warmest gratitude to the Prince of Orange and the States for so valuable and seasonable a re - enforcement . This satisfac- tion , however , was not ...
Page 18
... never seen . The dissenting preachers who had taken arms against Popery , and some of whom had probably fought in the great civil war , prayed and preached in red coats and huge jack - boots , with swords by their sides . Ferguson was ...
... never seen . The dissenting preachers who had taken arms against Popery , and some of whom had probably fought in the great civil war , prayed and preached in red coats and huge jack - boots , with swords by their sides . Ferguson was ...
Page 20
... never before handled arms on horseback , and whose horses were unused , not only to stand fire , but to obey the rein . A few minutes after the duke's horse had dispersed them- selves over the moor , his infantry came up running fast ...
... never before handled arms on horseback , and whose horses were unused , not only to stand fire , but to obey the rein . A few minutes after the duke's horse had dispersed them- selves over the moor , his infantry came up running fast ...
Page 21
... never stopped till they were many miles from the field of battle . Monmouth had hitherto done his part like a stout and able warrior . He had been seen on foot , pike in hand , encouraging his infantry by voice and by example . But he ...
... never stopped till they were many miles from the field of battle . Monmouth had hitherto done his part like a stout and able warrior . He had been seen on foot , pike in hand , encouraging his infantry by voice and by example . But he ...
Contents
280 | |
289 | |
297 | |
311 | |
319 | |
327 | |
335 | |
345 | |
141 | |
161 | |
181 | |
197 | |
205 | |
221 | |
238 | |
245 | |
251 | |
260 | |
274 | |
355 | |
363 | |
372 | |
380 | |
396 | |
412 | |
418 | |
425 | |
438 | |
453 | |
460 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration appeared arms army battle battle of Sedgemoor Blair Castle brave called century character Charles chief Church civil Clive Cloth command court crowd crown death Duke eminent enemy English Enniskillen Essay favor fight fire fleet France Frederic French friends gentlemen Government hand Hastings head heart Highland History of England honor horse House of Commons human hundred Irish Irish army Jacobite James king learned letters lived London Londonderry Lord Lord Byron Lough Foyle Macaulay manner ment mind minister Miss Burney Monmouth nabob nation never noble officers Omichund Parliament passed persons Pitt pleasure poet political prince Prince of Orange Puritan Pusignan queen ranks regiments religion Richard Hamilton royal scarcely seemed seen sent society soldiers soon spirit strong thing thought thousand tion took town troops truth victory Voltaire Whig Whitehall whole William write
Popular passages
Page 459 - ... a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre. Now, God be praised, the day is ours. Mayenne hath turned his rein. D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail. And then we thought...
Page 156 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 457 - And on, and on, without a pause untired they bounded still : All night from tower to tower they sprang ; they sprang from hill to hill : Till the proud peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales, Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light...
Page 455 - And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. Ho! strike the flagstaff deep, Sir Knight: ho! scatter flowers, fair maids: Ho! gunners, fire a loud salute: ho! gallants, draw your blades: Thou sun, shine on her joyously; ye breezes, waft her wide; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM, the banner of our pride.
Page 367 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene: But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head, Down as upon a bed.
Page 160 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Page 327 - There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed.
Page 342 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is 'entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Page 160 - Having thus attempted to communicate to his hearers an idea of Eastern society, as vivid as that which existed in his own mind, he proceeded to arraign the administration of Hastings as systematically conducted in defiance of morality and public law. The energy and pathos of the great orator extorted expressions of unwonted admiration from the stern and hostile Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant.
Page 158 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.