Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 64
... honour of giving security for Ken . The Bishops were now permitted to depart to their own homes . The common people , who did not understand the nature of the legal proceedings which had taken place in the King's Bench , and who saw ...
... honour of giving security for Ken . The Bishops were now permitted to depart to their own homes . The common people , who did not understand the nature of the legal proceedings which had taken place in the King's Bench , and who saw ...
Page 129
... honour , had been accustomed to eccentric adventures , and , with the keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world , had a strong propensity to knight errantry . All his national feelings and all his personal ...
... honour , had been accustomed to eccentric adventures , and , with the keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world , had a strong propensity to knight errantry . All his national feelings and all his personal ...
Page 161
... honour ! " muttered William ; " your honour ! " That half suppressed exclamation was the only revenge which he condescended to take for an injury for which many sovereigns , far more affable and gracious in their ordinary deportment ...
... honour ! " muttered William ; " your honour ! " That half suppressed exclamation was the only revenge which he condescended to take for an injury for which many sovereigns , far more affable and gracious in their ordinary deportment ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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