Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 344
... presents , but on grounds which were valid before that Act was passed , on grounds of common law and common sense ... presents in Europe now than it forbade the taking of presents in Asia then . At the same time , it must be admitted ...
... presents , but on grounds which were valid before that Act was passed , on grounds of common law and common sense ... presents in Europe now than it forbade the taking of presents in Asia then . At the same time , it must be admitted ...
Page 351
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. was then far greater than at present , and the reason is obvious . At present a writer enters the service young ; he climbs slowly ; he is fortunate if , at forty - five , he can return to his ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. was then far greater than at present , and the reason is obvious . At present a writer enters the service young ; he climbs slowly ; he is fortunate if , at forty - five , he can return to his ...
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... present term . I do not wish for such support . I despise it . " Not wishing to obtrude on the learned Serjeant a support which he despised , I had no course left but to take the sense of the House on the second reading . The ...
... present term . I do not wish for such support . I despise it . " Not wishing to obtrude on the learned Serjeant a support which he despised , I had no course left but to take the sense of the House on the second reading . The ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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