Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 172
... strong detachment under the orders of his second in command , Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton . To Hamilton a significant hint was conveyed that he had now an excellent opportunity of establishing his character in the estimation of those ...
... strong detachment under the orders of his second in command , Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton . To Hamilton a significant hint was conveyed that he had now an excellent opportunity of establishing his character in the estimation of those ...
Page 181
... strong bodies of soldiers on board of the ships . But Tourville would not consent to put such a slur on his profession . Russell meanwhile was preparing for an attack . On the afternoon of the twenty - third of May all was ready . A ...
... strong bodies of soldiers on board of the ships . But Tourville would not consent to put such a slur on his profession . Russell meanwhile was preparing for an attack . On the afternoon of the twenty - third of May all was ready . A ...
Page 294
... strong addresses to the throne , and instructed their representatives to vote for a strict inquiry into the causes of the late disasters . In the great towns the feeling was as strong as in the counties . In some of the instructions it ...
... strong addresses to the throne , and instructed their representatives to vote for a strict inquiry into the causes of the late disasters . In the great towns the feeling was as strong as in the counties . In some of the instructions it ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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