Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 96
Page 6
... inhabitants of other countries gained nothing but relics and wounds , brought to the rising common- wealths of the Adriatic and Tyrrhene seas a large increase of wealth , dominion , and knowledge . The moral and 6 Macaulay's Essays.
... inhabitants of other countries gained nothing but relics and wounds , brought to the rising common- wealths of the Adriatic and Tyrrhene seas a large increase of wealth , dominion , and knowledge . The moral and 6 Macaulay's Essays.
Page 12
... common property of all . The connection between the State and its defenders was reduced to the most simple and naked traffic . The adventurer brought his horse , his weapons , his strength , and his experience , into the market ...
... common property of all . The connection between the State and its defenders was reduced to the most simple and naked traffic . The adventurer brought his horse , his weapons , his strength , and his experience , into the market ...
Page 13
... common profession was a bond of union not to be for- gotten even when they were engaged in the service of contending parties . Hence it was that operations , languid and indecisive beyond any recorded in history , marches and counter ...
... common profession was a bond of union not to be for- gotten even when they were engaged in the service of contending parties . Hence it was that operations , languid and indecisive beyond any recorded in history , marches and counter ...
Page 20
... common blaze which illuminates all . The flowers and fruits of the intellect abound ; but it is the abundance of a jungle , not of a garden , unwholesome , bewildering , unprofitable from its very plenty , rank from its very fragrance ...
... common blaze which illuminates all . The flowers and fruits of the intellect abound ; but it is the abundance of a jungle , not of a garden , unwholesome , bewildering , unprofitable from its very plenty , rank from its very fragrance ...
Page 26
... common to all the invaders , had made them objects of deadly hatred to the inhabitants of the Peninsula . The wealth which had been accumulated during centuries of prosperity and repose was rapidly melting away . The in- tellectual ...
... common to all the invaders , had made them objects of deadly hatred to the inhabitants of the Peninsula . The wealth which had been accumulated during centuries of prosperity and repose was rapidly melting away . The in- tellectual ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absurd Addison admiration apostolical succession appeared army Austria Bacon battle believe called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church of England Church of Rome common Congreve Country Wife Court Croker doctrines eminent England English Europe evil favour favourite feeling France Frances Burney Frederic French genius Gladstone heart honour House House of Bourbon human hundred intellect interest Italy Johnson King lady language learning letters literary lived Lord Lord Byron Lord Mahon Machiavelli manner means mind ministers Miss Burney Montagu moral nature never Novum Organum opinion Parliament person philosophy poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Protestant Protestantism Prussia Queen reason religion religious respect Robert Montgomery scarcely seems Silesia society Southey Spain spirit talents things thought thousand Tories truth verses Voltaire Whig whole writer Wycherley