The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1866 |
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... gave birth to a maritime power , compared with which every other maritime power , ancient or modern , sinks into insignificance ; how Scotland , after ages of enmity , was at length united to Eng- land , not merely by legal bonds , but ...
... gave birth to a maritime power , compared with which every other maritime power , ancient or modern , sinks into insignificance ; how Scotland , after ages of enmity , was at length united to Eng- land , not merely by legal bonds , but ...
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... gave birth to a new class of abuses from which absolute monarchies are exempt . It will be seen that , in consequence partly of unwise interference , and partly of un- wise neglect , the increase of wealth and the extension of trade ...
... gave birth to a new class of abuses from which absolute monarchies are exempt . It will be seen that , in consequence partly of unwise interference , and partly of un- wise neglect , the increase of wealth and the extension of trade ...
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... gave up the whole population of England to the tyranny of the Norman race . The subjugation of a nation by a nation has seldom , even in Asia , been more complete . The country was portioned out among the captains of the invaders ...
... gave up the whole population of England to the tyranny of the Norman race . The subjugation of a nation by a nation has seldom , even in Asia , been more complete . The country was portioned out among the captains of the invaders ...
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... gave up the contest . Since that age no British government has ever seriously and steadily pursued the de- sign of making great conquests on the Continent . The people , indeed , continued to cherish with pride the recollec- tion of ...
... gave up the contest . Since that age no British government has ever seriously and steadily pursued the de- sign of making great conquests on the Continent . The people , indeed , continued to cherish with pride the recollec- tion of ...
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... gave up the point in despair : but , though they ceased to infringe the law openly , they occa- sionally contrived , by evading it , to procure an extraordinary supply for a temporary purpose . They were interdicted from taxing ; but ...
... gave up the point in despair : but , though they ceased to infringe the law openly , they occa- sionally contrived , by evading it , to procure an extraordinary supply for a temporary purpose . They were interdicted from taxing ; but ...
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