The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1866 |
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... spirit , could still read and interpret the masterpieces of Sophocles , of Demosthenes , and of Plato . From this ... spirits . of the departed were ferried over from the land of the Franks at midnight . A strange race of fishermen ...
... spirit , could still read and interpret the masterpieces of Sophocles , of Demosthenes , and of Plato . From this ... spirits . of the departed were ferried over from the land of the Franks at midnight . A strange race of fishermen ...
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... spirit , a system which taught the fiercest and mightiest ruler that he was , like his meanest bondman , a responsible being , might have seemed to deserve a more respectful mention from philoso- phers and philanthropists . The same ...
... spirit , a system which taught the fiercest and mightiest ruler that he was , like his meanest bondman , a responsible being , might have seemed to deserve a more respectful mention from philoso- phers and philanthropists . The same ...
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... spirit , which has exercised so powerful an influence on the politics , morals , and manners of all the European nations , was found in the highest exaltation among the Norman nobles . Those nobles were distinguished by their graceful ...
... spirit , which has exercised so powerful an influence on the politics , morals , and manners of all the European nations , was found in the highest exaltation among the Norman nobles . Those nobles were distinguished by their graceful ...
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... spirit of the French was at last aroused : they began to oppose a vigorous national resistance to the foreign conquerors ; and from that time the skill of the English captains and the courage of the English soldiers were , happily for ...
... spirit of the French was at last aroused : they began to oppose a vigorous national resistance to the foreign conquerors ; and from that time the skill of the English captains and the courage of the English soldiers were , happily for ...
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... spirit of the Christian morality is undoubtedly adverse to dis- tinctions of caste . But to the Church of Rome such dis- tinctions are peculiarly odious ; for they are incompatible with other distinctions which are essential to her ...
... spirit of the Christian morality is undoubtedly adverse to dis- tinctions of caste . But to the Church of Rome such dis- tinctions are peculiarly odious ; for they are incompatible with other distinctions which are essential to her ...
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