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Page 6
He did not like to have any thing in common with the wretches who lodged in the
little courts behind St . Martin ' s Church , and stole out on Sundays to dine with
their bookseller . He avoided the society of authors . He spoke with lordly ...
He did not like to have any thing in common with the wretches who lodged in the
little courts behind St . Martin ' s Church , and stole out on Sundays to dine with
their bookseller . He avoided the society of authors . He spoke with lordly ...
Page 9
While the most eminent Frenchmen were studying with enthusiastic delight
English politics and English philosophy , he was studying as intently the gossip of
the old court of France . The fashions and scandal of Versailles and Marli ,
fashions ...
While the most eminent Frenchmen were studying with enthusiastic delight
English politics and English philosophy , he was studying as intently the gossip of
the old court of France . The fashions and scandal of Versailles and Marli ,
fashions ...
Page 17
But , however ignorant Walpole might be of general history and of general
literature , he was better acquainted than any man of his day with what it
concerned him most to know , mankind , the English nation , the Court , the
House of Commons ...
But , however ignorant Walpole might be of general history and of general
literature , he was better acquainted than any man of his day with what it
concerned him most to know , mankind , the English nation , the Court , the
House of Commons ...
Page 19
Now that the Court was at the mercy of the House of Commons , those members
who were not returned by popular election had nobody to please but themselves
. Even those who were returned by popular election did not live , as now , under ...
Now that the Court was at the mercy of the House of Commons , those members
who were not returned by popular election had nobody to please but themselves
. Even those who were returned by popular election did not live , as now , under ...
Page 39
... he forced an unwilling court and an unwilling oligarchy to adinit him to an
ample share of power ; and that he used his power in such a manner as clearly
proved him to have sought it , not for the sake of profit or patronage , but froin a
wish to ...
... he forced an unwilling court and an unwilling oligarchy to adinit him to an
ample share of power ; and that he used his power in such a manner as clearly
proved him to have sought it , not for the sake of profit or patronage , but froin a
wish to ...
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| Title | The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 6 The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Thomas Babington baron Macaulay |
| Author | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay |
| Editor | lady Hannah Trevelyan |
| Published | 1866 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 Jun 2006 |
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