The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1866 |
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... suffered so much from these invaders as England . Her coast lay near to the ports whence they sailed ; nor was any shire so far distant from the sea as to be secure from attack . The same atrocities which had at- tended the victory of ...
... suffered so much from these invaders as England . Her coast lay near to the ports whence they sailed ; nor was any shire so far distant from the sea as to be secure from attack . The same atrocities which had at- tended the victory of ...
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... suffered grievously from a circumstance which has not a little con- tributed to her prosperity . The change , great as it is , which her polity has undergone during the last six centuries , has been the effect of gradual development ...
... suffered grievously from a circumstance which has not a little con- tributed to her prosperity . The change , great as it is , which her polity has undergone during the last six centuries , has been the effect of gradual development ...
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... suffer any breach of the con- stitution to pass unnoticed . It is therefore now universally held that a government which unnecessarily exceeds its powers ought to be visited with severe parliamentary cen- sure , and that a government ...
... suffer any breach of the con- stitution to pass unnoticed . It is therefore now universally held that a government which unnecessarily exceeds its powers ought to be visited with severe parliamentary cen- sure , and that a government ...
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... suffer irregularities , even when harmless in themselves , to pass unchallenged , lest they acquire the force of precedents . Four hundred years ago such minute vigilance might well seem unnecessary . A nation of hardy archers and ...
... suffer irregularities , even when harmless in themselves , to pass unchallenged , lest they acquire the force of precedents . Four hundred years ago such minute vigilance might well seem unnecessary . A nation of hardy archers and ...
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... suffer with stubborn resolution . Between them lay , during a considerable time , a middle party , which blended , very illogically , but by no means unnaturally , lessons learned in the nursery with the sermons of the modern ...
... suffer with stubborn resolution . Between them lay , during a considerable time , a middle party , which blended , very illogically , but by no means unnaturally , lessons learned in the nursery with the sermons of the modern ...
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