Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 151
... remained with the nation which , though inferior in number , was superior in civilisation , in capacity for self- government , and in stubbornness of resolution . As soon as it was known that the Irish army had retired , a deputation ...
... remained with the nation which , though inferior in number , was superior in civilisation , in capacity for self- government , and in stubbornness of resolution . As soon as it was known that the Irish army had retired , a deputation ...
Page 300
... remained . The King was still rejoicing in his deliverance from the proud and aspiring minister who had been forced on him by the cry of the nation . His Majesty's indigna- tion was excited to the highest point when it appeared that New ...
... remained . The King was still rejoicing in his deliverance from the proud and aspiring minister who had been forced on him by the cry of the nation . His Majesty's indigna- tion was excited to the highest point when it appeared that New ...
Page 459
... remained examinations and cross - examinations . There remained statements of accounts . There remained the reading of papers , filled with words unintelli- gible to English ears , with lacs and crores , zemindars and aumils , sunnuds ...
... remained examinations and cross - examinations . There remained statements of accounts . There remained the reading of papers , filled with words unintelli- gible to English ears , with lacs and crores , zemindars and aumils , sunnuds ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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