Selections from the Writings of Lord MacaulayHarper, 1877 - 472 pages |
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... 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 he may commence his studies . In the History , every scene is of itself a story - finished ...
... 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 he may commence his studies . In the History , every scene is of itself a story - finished ...
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... took up his residence in the castle , a building which had been honored by several royal visits . In the cas- tle field his army was encamped . It now consisted of about six thousand men , and might easily have been increased to double ...
... took up his residence in the castle , a building which had been honored by several royal visits . In the cas- tle field his army was encamped . It now consisted of about six thousand men , and might easily have been increased to double ...
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... took for his text the awful impre- cation by which the Israelites who dwelt beyond Jordan cleared themselves from the charge ignorantly brought against them by their brethren on the other side of the river . " The Lord God of gods , the ...
... took for his text the awful impre- cation by which the Israelites who dwelt beyond Jordan cleared themselves from the charge ignorantly brought against them by their brethren on the other side of the river . " The Lord God of gods , the ...
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... took place , one English com- mander would be opposed to another ; nor would the pride of the islanders be wounded by learning that Dartmouth had been compelled to strike to Herbert . Happily , William's precautions were not necessary ...
... took place , one English com- mander would be opposed to another ; nor would the pride of the islanders be wounded by learning that Dartmouth had been compelled to strike to Herbert . Happily , William's precautions were not necessary ...
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... took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic . Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts ...
... took refuge from the tempests of the Atlantic . Its quiet shores were undisturbed by the bustle either of commerce or of pleasure ; and the huts of plowmen and fishermen were thinly scattered over what is now the site of crowded marts ...
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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.