Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1880 |
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Page 9
... admiration which we feel for a mind so great , and , at the same time , so healthful and so well proportioned , so willingly con- tracting itself to the humblest duties , so easily expanding it- self to the highest , so contented in ...
... admiration which we feel for a mind so great , and , at the same time , so healthful and so well proportioned , so willingly con- tracting itself to the humblest duties , so easily expanding it- self to the highest , so contented in ...
Page 12
... admiration and envy of surrounding states , is one of the most obscure . problems in the philosophy of history . But the fact is cer- tain . Within a century and a half after the Norman conquest the Great Charter was conceded . Within ...
... admiration and envy of surrounding states , is one of the most obscure . problems in the philosophy of history . But the fact is cer- tain . Within a century and a half after the Norman conquest the Great Charter was conceded . Within ...
Page 15
... admirable study for politicians who live in unquiet times . It shows how thoroughly she understood the people whom she ruled , and the crisis in which she was called to act . What she held , she held firmly . What she gave , she gave ...
... admirable study for politicians who live in unquiet times . It shows how thoroughly she understood the people whom she ruled , and the crisis in which she was called to act . What she held , she held firmly . What she gave , she gave ...
Page 23
... admirable illustration of some part of the character of Hampden which Clarendon has drawn . Part of the correspondence relates to the two sons of Sir John Eliot . These young men were wild and unsteady ; and their father , who was now ...
... admirable illustration of some part of the character of Hampden which Clarendon has drawn . Part of the correspondence relates to the two sons of Sir John Eliot . These young men were wild and unsteady ; and their father , who was now ...
Page 34
... admiration of their dutiful temper . " The House , generally , " says he , “ was exceedingly disposed to please the King , and to do him service . " " It could never be hoped , " he observes elsewhere , " that more sober or ...
... admiration of their dutiful temper . " The House , generally , " says he , “ was exceedingly disposed to please the King , and to do him service . " " It could never be hoped , " he observes elsewhere , " that more sober or ...
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