Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 620
... societies are as much persons to each other as England and France . Either society may pay its debts honestly ; either may try to defraud its creditors ; either may increase in prosperity ; either may fall into difficulties . If , then ...
... societies are as much persons to each other as England and France . Either society may pay its debts honestly ; either may try to defraud its creditors ; either may increase in prosperity ; either may fall into difficulties . If , then ...
Page 668
... society rose into importance . There were in our rural districts rich cultivators , who were not free- holders ... society went on , the artificial polity continued unchanged . The ancient form of the representation remained ; and ...
... society rose into importance . There were in our rural districts rich cultivators , who were not free- holders ... society went on , the artificial polity continued unchanged . The ancient form of the representation remained ; and ...
Page 699
... society of traders , a society , the shares of which are daily passed from hand to hand , a society , the component parts of which are perpetually changing , a society , which , judging a priori from its constitution , we should have ...
... society of traders , a society , the shares of which are daily passed from hand to hand , a society , the component parts of which are perpetually changing , a society , which , judging a priori from its constitution , we should have ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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