Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 735
... produce an effect directly the reverse of that which was produced by the East India Company's monopoly of tea , or by Lord Essex's monopoly of sweet wines . Thus , then , stands the case . It is good that authors should be remunerated ...
... produce an effect directly the reverse of that which was produced by the East India Company's monopoly of tea , or by Lord Essex's monopoly of sweet wines . Thus , then , stands the case . It is good that authors should be remunerated ...
Page 749
... produced works of great merit ; but it would be impossible to name any writer of the first order whose juvenile performances were his best . That all the most valuable books of history , of philology , of physical and metaphysical ...
... produced works of great merit ; but it would be impossible to name any writer of the first order whose juvenile performances were his best . That all the most valuable books of history , of philology , of physical and metaphysical ...
Page 774
... produce more in a week by working seven days than by working six days . But I very much doubt whether , at the end of ... produced much less by working seven days a week than by working six days a week . In the same manner I do not deny ...
... produce more in a week by working seven days than by working six days . But I very much doubt whether , at the end of ... produced much less by working seven days a week than by working six days a week . In the same manner I do not deny ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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