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... never extended their libe- rality to the native Irish , or the pro- fessors of the ancient religion . " What schoolboy of fourteen is ignorant of this remarkable circumstance ? What Whig , new or old , was ever such an idiot as to think ...
... never extended their libe- rality to the native Irish , or the pro- fessors of the ancient religion . " What schoolboy of fourteen is ignorant of this remarkable circumstance ? What Whig , new or old , was ever such an idiot as to think ...
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... never employed the hoard in any enter- never repaired to a siege , till it had prise , however virtuous and useful , in been reported to him by the most skil- which there was hazard of losing one ful officers in his service , that ...
... never employed the hoard in any enter- never repaired to a siege , till it had prise , however virtuous and useful , in been reported to him by the most skil- which there was hazard of losing one ful officers in his service , that ...
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... never was a man whose outward demeanour made such different impressions on different people . Count Hamilton , for example , describes him as a stupid formalist , who had been made secretary solely on account of his mysterious and im ...
... never was a man whose outward demeanour made such different impressions on different people . Count Hamilton , for example , describes him as a stupid formalist , who had been made secretary solely on account of his mysterious and im ...
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... never set , which had crushed the liberties of Italy and Germany , which had occupied Paris with its armies , and covered the Bri- tish seas with its sals , was at the mercy of every spoiler ; and Europe observed with dismay the rapid ...
... never set , which had crushed the liberties of Italy and Germany , which had occupied Paris with its armies , and covered the Bri- tish seas with its sals , was at the mercy of every spoiler ; and Europe observed with dismay the rapid ...
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... never seen in any comedy of intrigue , either at his own play - house , or at the Duke's , than that which this memorable debate pro- duced . The Lord Treasurer spoke with characteristic ardour and intre- pidity in defence of the ...
... never seen in any comedy of intrigue , either at his own play - house , or at the Duke's , than that which this memorable debate pro- duced . The Lord Treasurer spoke with characteristic ardour and intre- pidity in defence of the ...
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Page 235 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres...
Page 235 - ... unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, •had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
Page 235 - ... court, indicated also habitual self-possession and self-respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, Mens cequa in arduis; such was the aspect with which the great Proconsul presented himself to his judges.
Page 167 - And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express ; You merit more, nor could my love do less.
Page 340 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Page 105 - No mob attacked by regular soldiers was ever more completely routed. The little band of Frenchmen, who alone ventured to confront the English, were swept down the stream of fugitives. In an hour the forces of Surajah Dowlah were dispersed, never to reassemble.
Page 128 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series from the pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Page 343 - So effectually indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation of decency has always been considered among us as the mark of a fool.
Page 234 - The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and over the ladies of the princely house of Oude.
Page 181 - I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle, the great Protector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish all that was characteristic in his countenance to be lost, in the vain attempt to give him the regular features and smooth blooming cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First.