The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 2 |
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... once seen , could never be forgotten . His name at once calls up before us a slender and feeble frame , a lofty and ample forehead , a nose curved like the beak of an eagle , an eye rivalling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness ...
... once seen , could never be forgotten . His name at once calls up before us a slender and feeble frame , a lofty and ample forehead , a nose curved like the beak of an eagle , an eye rivalling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness ...
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... once rise in the eyes of the young state prisoner . His health , naturally delicate , sank for a time under the emotions which his desolate situation had produced . Such situations bewilder and unnerve the weak , but call forth all the ...
... once rise in the eyes of the young state prisoner . His health , naturally delicate , sank for a time under the emotions which his desolate situation had produced . Such situations bewilder and unnerve the weak , but call forth all the ...
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... once exclaimed , " a good part of my estates to have served a few campaigns under the Prince of Condé before I had to command against him . " It is not improbable that the circumstance which prevented William from attaining any eminent ...
... once exclaimed , " a good part of my estates to have served a few campaigns under the Prince of Condé before I had to command against him . " It is not improbable that the circumstance which prevented William from attaining any eminent ...
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... once called for anything but that Bentinck was instantly at my side . " Before the faithful servant had entirely performed his task , he had himself caught the contagion . Still , how- ever , he bore up against drowsiness and fever till ...
... once called for anything but that Bentinck was instantly at my side . " Before the faithful servant had entirely performed his task , he had himself caught the contagion . Still , how- ever , he bore up against drowsiness and fever till ...
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... once a historian , an antiquary , a theologian , a preacher , a pamphleteer , a debater , and an active political leader ; and in every one of these characters he made himself conspicuous among able competitors . The many spirited ...
... once a historian , an antiquary , a theologian , a preacher , a pamphleteer , a debater , and an active political leader ; and in every one of these characters he made himself conspicuous among able competitors . The many spirited ...
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