Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... look on a great empire merely as a buccaneer would look on a galleon . Had his heart been much worse than it was , his understanding would have preserved him from that extremity of baseness . He was an un- scrupulous , perhaps an ...
... look on a great empire merely as a buccaneer would look on a galleon . Had his heart been much worse than it was , his understanding would have preserved him from that extremity of baseness . He was an un- scrupulous , perhaps an ...
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... Look round Europe , round the world , for a parallel ; and you will look in vain . Indeed the state of things which exists in Ireland never could have existed had not Ireland been closely connected with a country , which possessed a ...
... Look round Europe , round the world , for a parallel ; and you will look in vain . Indeed the state of things which exists in Ireland never could have existed had not Ireland been closely connected with a country , which possessed a ...
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... look at the matter in the lowest point of view , if we consider human beings merely as producers of wealth , the difference between an intelligent and a stupid population , estimated in pounds , shillings , and pence , exceeds a ...
... look at the matter in the lowest point of view , if we consider human beings merely as producers of wealth , the difference between an intelligent and a stupid population , estimated in pounds , shillings , and pence , exceeds a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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