Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 41
... which are the most toilsome of all paths , by that deferred hope which makes the heart sick . Through all these things the ill - dressed , coarse , ngainly pedant had struggled manfully up to eminence and command . It was.
... which are the most toilsome of all paths , by that deferred hope which makes the heart sick . Through all these things the ill - dressed , coarse , ngainly pedant had struggled manfully up to eminence and command . It was.
Page 42
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. struggled manfully up to eminence and command . It was natural that , in the exercise of his power , he should be eo immitior , quia toleraverat , ' that , though his heart was undoubtedly ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. struggled manfully up to eminence and command . It was natural that , in the exercise of his power , he should be eo immitior , quia toleraverat , ' that , though his heart was undoubtedly ...
Page 77
... command over the English language . The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people . There is not an expression , if we except a few technical terms of theology , which would puzzle the rudest peasant . We have observed several ...
... command over the English language . The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people . There is not an expression , if we except a few technical terms of theology , which would puzzle the rudest peasant . We have observed several ...
Page 132
... command of the representa- tives of the nation . London was in arms all night . The next day the shops were closed ; the streets were filled with immense crowds ; the multitude pressed round the King's coach , and insulted him with ...
... command of the representa- tives of the nation . London was in arms all night . The next day the shops were closed ; the streets were filled with immense crowds ; the multitude pressed round the King's coach , and insulted him with ...
Page 133
... London Bridge to Westminster Hall . The members returned upon the river in a ship manned by sailors who had volun- teered their services . The trainbands of the city , under the command of the sheriffs , marched along the.
... London Bridge to Westminster Hall . The members returned upon the river in a ship manned by sailors who had volun- teered their services . The trainbands of the city , under the command of the sheriffs , marched along the.
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