Macaulay's Essay on Lord CliveMacmillan, 1902 - 186 pages |
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Page xii
... less fame , " hoping " to despatch them all on my way home . " He was able to do such a surprising amount of read- ing because of the possession of a rather unusual fac- ulty , that of taking in the contents of a page almost at a glance ...
... less fame , " hoping " to despatch them all on my way home . " He was able to do such a surprising amount of read- ing because of the possession of a rather unusual fac- ulty , that of taking in the contents of a page almost at a glance ...
Page xiii
... young essayist here undertook to defend the writ- ing and the reading of works of fiction , praising par- ticularly the productions of Fielding and Smollett . Zachary Macaulay , firmly opposed to novels , neverthe- less INTRODUCTION xiii.
... young essayist here undertook to defend the writ- ing and the reading of works of fiction , praising par- ticularly the productions of Fielding and Smollett . Zachary Macaulay , firmly opposed to novels , neverthe- less INTRODUCTION xiii.
Page xiv
... less inserted the communication , though ignorant that it emanated from his son ; and thereby incurred the serious displeasure of the strait - laced among his readers . While Macaulay was still at Cambridge , Charles Knight , formerly ...
... less inserted the communication , though ignorant that it emanated from his son ; and thereby incurred the serious displeasure of the strait - laced among his readers . While Macaulay was still at Cambridge , Charles Knight , formerly ...
Page xv
... less I can conceive where you picked up that style " ; and the great preacher of the day , Robert Hall , was found spread on the floor with Italian grammar and dictionary , tracing out Macaulay's comparison of Dante and Milton . Other ...
... less I can conceive where you picked up that style " ; and the great preacher of the day , Robert Hall , was found spread on the floor with Italian grammar and dictionary , tracing out Macaulay's comparison of Dante and Milton . Other ...
Page xxvii
... less value , and posterity has not seen fit to contest his judgment in the matter ; though few would go so far as to approve the exact terms of his own estimate . See p . xiii . The Life of Clive came to him a welcome subject . He was ...
... less value , and posterity has not seen fit to contest his judgment in the matter ; though few would go so far as to approve the exact terms of his own estimate . See p . xiii . The Life of Clive came to him a welcome subject . He was ...
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Page 54 - Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed. It was the summer solstice, the season when the fierce heat of Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans.
Page 68 - ... to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his own. Before him lay a river over which it was easy to advance, but over which, if things went ill, not one of his little band would ever return. On this occasion, for the first and for the last time, his dauntless spirit, during a few hours, shrank from the fearful responsibility of making a decision. He called a council of war. The majority pronounced against fighting, and Clive declared his concurrence with the majority. Long...
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Page 54 - When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them.
Page 32 - ... to Clive, not to complain of their scanty fare, but to propose that all the grain should be given to the Europeans, who required more nourishment than the Natives of Asia. The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice, would suffice for themselves. History contains no more touching instance of military fidelity, or of the influence of a commanding mind.
Page 68 - ... it was no light thing to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his own. Before him lay a river over which it was easy to advance, but over which, if things went ill, not one of his little band would ever return.
Page 69 - ... if he had taken the advice of that council, the British would never have been masters of Bengal. But scarcely had the meeting broken up when he was himself again. He retired alone under the shade of some trees, and passed near an hour there in thought. He came back determined to put everything to the hazard, and gave orders that all should be in readiness for passing the river on the morrow.