The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 2 |
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... reason to believe that he was by no means equal , as a general in the field , to some who ranked far below him in intellectual powers . To those whom he trusted he spoke on this subject with the magnanimous frankness of a man who had ...
... reason to believe that he was by no means equal , as a general in the field , to some who ranked far below him in intellectual powers . To those whom he trusted he spoke on this subject with the magnanimous frankness of a man who had ...
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... reason and his life . To a very small circle of intimate friends , on whose fidelity and secrecy he could absolutely depend , he was a different man from the reserved and stoical William whom the multitude supposed to be destitute of ...
... reason and his life . To a very small circle of intimate friends , on whose fidelity and secrecy he could absolutely depend , he was a different man from the reserved and stoical William whom the multitude supposed to be destitute of ...
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... reason to believe that he encouraged the opposition to bring forward that bill or to reject the offers of compromise which were repeatedly made from the throne . But when it became clear that , unless that bill were carried , there ...
... reason to believe that he encouraged the opposition to bring forward that bill or to reject the offers of compromise which were repeatedly made from the throne . But when it became clear that , unless that bill were carried , there ...
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... reason to complain Monmouth was dismissed . We have seen that , when the Western insurrec- tion broke out , the British regiments in the Dutch service were , by the active exertions of the Prince , sent over to their own country on the ...
... reason to complain Monmouth was dismissed . We have seen that , when the Western insurrec- tion broke out , the British regiments in the Dutch service were , by the active exertions of the Prince , sent over to their own country on the ...
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... reason to believe that he at this time meditated the great enterprise to which a stern necessity afterwards drove him . He was aware that the public mind of England , though heated by grievances , was by no means ripe for revolution ...
... reason to believe that he at this time meditated the great enterprise to which a stern necessity afterwards drove him . He was aware that the public mind of England , though heated by grievances , was by no means ripe for revolution ...
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