Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... writer immersed in business , written in his scanty moments of leisure , when most men would have rested or sought recreation . Macaulay himself was most modest in his estimate of their value . . . . It was the public that insisted on ...
... writer immersed in business , written in his scanty moments of leisure , when most men would have rested or sought recreation . Macaulay himself was most modest in his estimate of their value . . . . It was the public that insisted on ...
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... of former times general lessons of moral and political wisdom , has become the business of a distinct class of writers . Of the two kinds of composition into which history has been VOL . I. B thus divided , the one may be compared to a.
... of former times general lessons of moral and political wisdom , has become the business of a distinct class of writers . Of the two kinds of composition into which history has been VOL . I. B thus divided , the one may be compared to a.
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... writer of our time for the office which he has undertaken . He has great industry and great acuteness . His knowledge is extensive , various , and profound . His mind is equally dis- tinguished by the amplitude of its grasp , and by the ...
... writer of our time for the office which he has undertaken . He has great industry and great acuteness . His knowledge is extensive , various , and profound . His mind is equally dis- tinguished by the amplitude of its grasp , and by the ...
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... writer who , steadily attached to principles , is indifferent about names and badges , and who judges of characters ... writers of different parties than the history of the Reformation . In this labyrinth of falsehood and sophistry , the ...
... writer who , steadily attached to principles , is indifferent about names and badges , and who judges of characters ... writers of different parties than the history of the Reformation . In this labyrinth of falsehood and sophistry , the ...
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... writer , we think , has shown , in so clear and satisfactory a manner , that the Government then entertained a fixed purpose of destroying the old parliamentary constitution of England , or at least of reducing it to a mere shadow . We ...
... writer , we think , has shown , in so clear and satisfactory a manner , that the Government then entertained a fixed purpose of destroying the old parliamentary constitution of England , or at least of reducing it to a mere shadow . We ...
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