Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 13
... writer , and to judge of it as if it bore some unknown name . But it is to no purpose . the lines of that venerable countenance are before us . the little peculiar cadences of that voice , from which scholars and statesmen loved to ...
... writer , and to judge of it as if it bore some unknown name . But it is to no purpose . the lines of that venerable countenance are before us . the little peculiar cadences of that voice , from which scholars and statesmen loved to ...
Page 16
... writer seems to be addressing himself to some imaginary audience ; to be tearing in pieces a defence of the Stuarts which has just been pronounced by an imaginary Tory . Take , for example , his answer to Hume's remarks on the execution ...
... writer seems to be addressing himself to some imaginary audience ; to be tearing in pieces a defence of the Stuarts which has just been pronounced by an imaginary Tory . Take , for example , his answer to Hume's remarks on the execution ...
Page 18
... his judgments of men and of parties . Almost all the distinguished writers who have treated of English history are advocates . Mr # Hallam and Sir James Mackintosh are alone entitled to be 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... his judgments of men and of parties . Almost all the distinguished writers who have treated of English history are advocates . Mr # Hallam and Sir James Mackintosh are alone entitled to be 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... writer . Here , and indeed throughout the book , we find many harsh and careless ex- pressions , which the author would probably have removed if he had lived to complete his work . But , in spite of these blemishes , we must say that we ...
... writer . Here , and indeed throughout the book , we find many harsh and careless ex- pressions , which the author would probably have removed if he had lived to complete his work . But , in spite of these blemishes , we must say that we ...
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... writer evidently wishes to impress his readers with a belief that Sir James Mackintosh , from interested motives , aban- doned the doctrines of the " Vindicia Gallica . " Had his statements appeared in their natural place , we should ...
... writer evidently wishes to impress his readers with a belief that Sir James Mackintosh , from interested motives , aban- doned the doctrines of the " Vindicia Gallica . " Had his statements appeared in their natural place , we should ...
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