Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 344
... presents , but on grounds which were valid before that Act was passed , on grounds of common law and common sense ... presents in Europe now than it forbade the taking of presents in Asia then . At the same time , it must be admitted ...
... presents , but on grounds which were valid before that Act was passed , on grounds of common law and common sense ... presents in Europe now than it forbade the taking of presents in Asia then . At the same time , it must be admitted ...
Page 351
... present , and the reason is obvious . At present a writer enters the service young ; he climbs slowly ; he is fortunate if , at forty - five , he can return to his country with an annuity of a thousand a - year , and with savings ...
... present , and the reason is obvious . At present a writer enters the service young ; he climbs slowly ; he is fortunate if , at forty - five , he can return to his country with an annuity of a thousand a - year , and with savings ...
Page 455
... present led the way , George Eliott , Lord Heath- field , recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain . The long pro- cession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk , Earl ...
... present led the way , George Eliott , Lord Heath- field , recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain . The long pro- cession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk , Earl ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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