The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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Page 53
... course of my life did I feel my mind oppressed by so deep and solemn a sense of responsibility as at the present moment . I firmly believe that the country is now in danger of calamities greater than ever threatened it , from domestic ...
... course of my life did I feel my mind oppressed by so deep and solemn a sense of responsibility as at the present moment . I firmly believe that the country is now in danger of calamities greater than ever threatened it , from domestic ...
Page 54
... course of the debate to questions comparatively unimportant . He has said much about the coal duty , about the candle duty , about the budget of the pre- sent Chancellor of the Exchequer . On most of the points to which he has referred ...
... course of the debate to questions comparatively unimportant . He has said much about the coal duty , about the candle duty , about the budget of the pre- sent Chancellor of the Exchequer . On most of the points to which he has referred ...
Page 57
... course : the law is strong enough to put down the seditious . " Sir , we have heard all this blustering before ; and we know in what it ended . It is the blustering of little men whose lot has fallen on a great crisis . Xerxes scourging ...
... course : the law is strong enough to put down the seditious . " Sir , we have heard all this blustering before ; and we know in what it ended . It is the blustering of little men whose lot has fallen on a great crisis . Xerxes scourging ...
Page 58
... course of justice , to disturb the pursuits of industry , and to prevent the accumulation of wealth . And is not this a danger which we ought to fear ? And is not this a danger which we are bound , by all means in our power , to avert ...
... course of justice , to disturb the pursuits of industry , and to prevent the accumulation of wealth . And is not this a danger which we ought to fear ? And is not this a danger which we are bound , by all means in our power , to avert ...
Page 65
... course . I remember an Opposition which , while excluded from power , taught all its doctrines to the Govern- ment ; which , after labouring long , and sacrificing much , in order to effect improvements in various parts of our political ...
... course . I remember an Opposition which , while excluded from power , taught all its doctrines to the Govern- ment ; which , after labouring long , and sacrificing much , in order to effect improvements in various parts of our political ...
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