 With all his faults — and they were neither few nor small — only one cemetery was worthy to contain his remains. In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 144by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall. On Warren Hastings. In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men... | |
 | Edward Hamilton - 1884 - 164 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...of the illustrious accusers. This was not to be.' He was buried where he was born, at Daylesford. Died in 1818, having lived to see his plans for the... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...was not to be. Yet the place of interment was not ill chosen. Behind the chancel of the parish church of Daylesford, in earth which already held the... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 432 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...was not to be. Yet the place of interment was not ill chosen. Behind the chancel of the parish church of Daylesford, in earth which already held the... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1885 - 424 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...dust of the illustrious accusers. This was not to be. Vet the place of interment was not ill chosen. Behind the chancel of the parish church of Daylesford,... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1886 - 338 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...by the contentions of the Great Hall, the dust of this illustrious accused statesman should have mingled with the dust of his illustrious accusers. This... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 196 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose 'minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentious of the Great Hall, the dust of the illustrious accused should have mingled with the dust... | |
 | 1888 - 950 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried ; the great Abbey which has, during many ages, afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...been shattered by the contentions of the great Hall." To Scott it pointed the same lesson. Speaking of the close vicinity of the coffins of Pitt and Pox,... | |
 | 1889 - 860 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried ; the great Abbey which has, during many ages, afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies...been shattered by the contentions of the great hall." To Scott it pointed the same lesson. Speaking of the close vicinity of the coffins of Pitt and Fox,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, George Dickson - 1890 - 186 pages
...the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which has during many ages afforded a quiet restingplace to those whose minds and bodies...was not to be. Yet the place of interment was not ill chosen. Behind the chancel of the parish church of Daylesford, in earth which already held the... | |
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