Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 199
... never been part of the money of the realm was thrown on the owner . If he failed in making out a satisfactory history of every ingot he was liable to severe penalties . This Act was , as might have been ex- pected , altogether ...
... never been part of the money of the realm was thrown on the owner . If he failed in making out a satisfactory history of every ingot he was liable to severe penalties . This Act was , as might have been ex- pected , altogether ...
Page 250
... never hesitates at an oath when he wishes to seduce , who never wants a pretext when he is inclined to betray . His cruelties spring , not from the heat of blood , or the insanity of uncontrolled power , but from deep and cool ...
... never hesitates at an oath when he wishes to seduce , who never wants a pretext when he is inclined to betray . His cruelties spring , not from the heat of blood , or the insanity of uncontrolled power , but from deep and cool ...
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... never get rid of the three holes in the wall till they have got rid of you ; that a hereditary peerage , and a ... never heard what effects counsels like their own , when too faithfully followed , have produced ? Have they never visited ...
... never get rid of the three holes in the wall till they have got rid of you ; that a hereditary peerage , and a ... never heard what effects counsels like their own , when too faithfully followed , have produced ? Have they never visited ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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