Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... important it is that legislative and judicial functions should be kept distinct , how important it is that common fame , however strong and general , should not be received as a legal proof of guilt , how important it is to maintain the ...
... important it is that legislative and judicial functions should be kept distinct , how important it is that common fame , however strong and general , should not be received as a legal proof of guilt , how important it is to maintain the ...
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... important to the happiness of mankind ? Surely by that method , which , in every experimental science to which it has been applied , has signally increased the power and knowledge of our species , — by that method for which our new ...
... important to the happiness of mankind ? Surely by that method , which , in every experimental science to which it has been applied , has signally increased the power and knowledge of our species , — by that method for which our new ...
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... important that this point should be fully cleared up . We certainly ought not to usurp functions which do not ... important problem in politics than to ascertain the just mean between these two most pernicious extremes , to draw ...
... important that this point should be fully cleared up . We certainly ought not to usurp functions which do not ... important problem in politics than to ascertain the just mean between these two most pernicious extremes , to draw ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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