Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1880 |
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... Council committed him close prisoner to the Gate House . After some time he was again brought up ; but he persisted in his refusal , and was sent to a place of confinement in Hampshire . The government went on oppressing at home and ...
... Council committed him close prisoner to the Gate House . After some time he was again brought up ; but he persisted in his refusal , and was sent to a place of confinement in Hampshire . The government went on oppressing at home and ...
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... Council of the North ; and he em- ployed all his power for the purpose of crushing those liber- ties of which he had been the most distinguished champion . His counsels respecting public affairs were fierce and arbitrary . His ...
... Council of the North ; and he em- ployed all his power for the purpose of crushing those liber- ties of which he had been the most distinguished champion . His counsels respecting public affairs were fierce and arbitrary . His ...
Page 33
... council appeared by which the ship was prohibited from sailing . Seven other ships , filled with emigrants , were stopped at the same time . Hampden and Cromwell remained ; and with them re- mained the Evil Genius of the House of Stuart ...
... council appeared by which the ship was prohibited from sailing . Seven other ships , filled with emigrants , were stopped at the same time . Hampden and Cromwell remained ; and with them re- mained the Evil Genius of the House of Stuart ...
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... council of Peers was called at York ; but the King could not trust even the Peers . He struggled , evaded , hesitated , tried every shift , rather than again face the representatives of his injured peo- ple . At length no shift was left ...
... council of Peers was called at York ; but the King could not trust even the Peers . He struggled , evaded , hesitated , tried every shift , rather than again face the representatives of his injured peo- ple . At length no shift was left ...
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... Council of York , were abolished . Those unfortunate victims of Laud who , after undergoing ignomin- ious exposure and cruel manglings , had been sent to languish in distant prisons were set at liberty , and conducted through London in ...
... Council of York , were abolished . Those unfortunate victims of Laud who , after undergoing ignomin- ious exposure and cruel manglings , had been sent to languish in distant prisons were set at liberty , and conducted through London in ...
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Page 297 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 454 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Page 128 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 454 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Page 123 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Page 395 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Page 454 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 316 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Page 454 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 177 - He was, unless we have formed a very erroneous judgment of his character, the most eccentric, the most artificial, the most fastidious, the most capricious of men. His mind was a bundle of inconsistent whims and affectations. His features were covered by mask within mask. When the outer disguise of obvious affectation was removed, you were still as far as ever from seeing the real man.