Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. PRESENTED TO The State Historical Society of Wisconsin BY MARY M. ADAMS I loved this book , and that is why I passed it on to you December , 1901 CCCC CYNG CCCC CCCC COC C CC IVE.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. PRESENTED TO The State Historical Society of Wisconsin BY MARY M. ADAMS I loved this book , and that is why I passed it on to you December , 1901 CCCC CYNG CCCC CCCC COC C CC IVE.
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... passed in the Bodleian Library , he might have avoided some inaccuracies ; he might have enriched his notes with a greater number of references ; but he never would have produced so lively a picture of the court , the camp , and the ...
... passed in the Bodleian Library , he might have avoided some inaccuracies ; he might have enriched his notes with a greater number of references ; but he never would have produced so lively a picture of the court , the camp , and the ...
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... passing about from hand to hand , to the gold which they had never before seen , and with the value of which they were unacquainted . It is much to be regretted , we think , that Sir James Mackintosh did not wholly devote his later ...
... passing about from hand to hand , to the gold which they had never before seen , and with the value of which they were unacquainted . It is much to be regretted , we think , that Sir James Mackintosh did not wholly devote his later ...
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... passed on his mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare mo- deration and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from ...
... passed on his mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare mo- deration and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from ...
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... passed by in favour of a man of no weight - of a man so unimportant that no person of rank would talk with him about momentous affairs ? And , even granting that Burnet was a very " inferior personage , " did Halifax think him so ...
... passed by in favour of a man of no weight - of a man so unimportant that no person of rank would talk with him about momentous affairs ? And , even granting that Burnet was a very " inferior personage , " did Halifax think him so ...
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