Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page viii
... once in article - size , and then to fill in this limited canvas with sparkling anecdote , telling bits of colour , and facts , all fused together by a real genius for narrative , was the sort of genre - painting which Macaulay applied ...
... once in article - size , and then to fill in this limited canvas with sparkling anecdote , telling bits of colour , and facts , all fused together by a real genius for narrative , was the sort of genre - painting which Macaulay applied ...
Page 15
... Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and property were touched , she forgot to practise the submission which she had taught . She Elizabeth clearly discerned the advantages which were to be ...
... Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and property were touched , she forgot to practise the submission which she had taught . She Elizabeth clearly discerned the advantages which were to be ...
Page 32
... once and without an effort . In such times a sovereign like Louis the Fifteenth or the Emperor Paul would have been pulled down before his mis- government had lasted for a month . We find that all the fame and influence of our Edward ...
... once and without an effort . In such times a sovereign like Louis the Fifteenth or the Emperor Paul would have been pulled down before his mis- government had lasted for a month . We find that all the fame and influence of our Edward ...
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... once in twenty years , to congratulate a King on his accession , or to give solemnity to some great mea- sure of state . Such had been the fate of legislative assemblies as powerful , as much respected , as high - 34 Macaulay's Essays.
... once in twenty years , to congratulate a King on his accession , or to give solemnity to some great mea- sure of state . Such had been the fate of legislative assemblies as powerful , as much respected , as high - 34 Macaulay's Essays.
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... once transferred the allegiance of every Royalist to an heir , and an heir who was at liberty . To kill the individual was , under such circumstances , not to destroy , but to release the King . We detest the character of Charles ; but ...
... once transferred the allegiance of every Royalist to an heir , and an heir who was at liberty . To kill the individual was , under such circumstances , not to destroy , but to release the King . We detest the character of Charles ; but ...
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