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... ages afforded a quiet resting - place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall , the dust of the illustrious ac- cused should have mingled with the dust of the illustrious accusers .
... ages afforded a quiet resting - place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall , the dust of the illustrious ac- cused should have mingled with the dust of the illustrious accusers .
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| Title | The Works of Lord Macaulay, Complete: Critical and historical essays Volume 6 of The Works of Lord Macaulay, Complete, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Author | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1866 |
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