The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, 6 tomasLongmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... House of Commons . And , having indulged in the recreation of making laws and voting millions , he returned to more important pur- suits , to researches after Queen Mary's comb , Wolsey's red hat , the pipe which Van Tromp smoked during ...
... House of Commons . And , having indulged in the recreation of making laws and voting millions , he returned to more important pur- suits , to researches after Queen Mary's comb , Wolsey's red hat , the pipe which Van Tromp smoked during ...
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... House of Lords , two seats in the House of Commons , three seats in the Privy Council , a baronetcy , a blue riband , a red riband , about a hundred thousand pounds a year , and not ten pages that are worth reading . The writings of ...
... House of Lords , two seats in the House of Commons , three seats in the Privy Council , a baronetcy , a blue riband , a red riband , about a hundred thousand pounds a year , and not ten pages that are worth reading . The writings of ...
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... common with those gallant officers , -would have denied that a gentleman might sometimes correspond with a friend ... House of Commons just in time to witness the last desperate struggle which his father , surrounded by enemies and ...
... common with those gallant officers , -would have denied that a gentleman might sometimes correspond with a friend ... House of Commons just in time to witness the last desperate struggle which his father , surrounded by enemies and ...
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... House of Commons , and the Treasury . Of foreign affairs he knew little ; but his judgment was so good that his little know- ledge went very far . He was an excellent parliamentary debater , an excellent parliamentary tactician , an ...
... House of Commons , and the Treasury . Of foreign affairs he knew little ; but his judgment was so good that his little know- ledge went very far . He was an excellent parliamentary debater , an excellent parliamentary tactician , an ...
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... House of Commons was in that situation in which assemblies must be managed by corruption , or cannot be managed at all . It was not held in awe , as in the six- teenth century , by the throne . It was not held in awe , as in the ...
... House of Commons was in that situation in which assemblies must be managed by corruption , or cannot be managed at all . It was not held in awe , as in the six- teenth century , by the throne . It was not held in awe , as in the ...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay– Complete, 6 tomas Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1871 |
The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, 6 tomas Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, 6 tomas Thomas Babington baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
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106 psl. - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
316 psl. - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
629 psl. - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
190 psl. - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
518 psl. - Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not like the first ; Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength.
620 psl. - India and its inhabitants were not to him, as to most Englishmen, mere names and abstractions, but a real country and a real people. The burning sun, the strange vegetation of the palm and the...
631 psl. - ... negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of the age, his form developed by every manly exercise, his face beaming with intelligence and spirit, the ingenious, the chivalrous, the high-souled Windham.
396 psl. - The sepoys came to Clive, not to complain of their scanty fare, but to propose that all the grain should be given to the Europeans, who required more nourishment than the natives of Asia. The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice, would suffice for themselves. History contains no more touching instance of military fidelity, or of the influence of a commanding mind.
518 psl. - O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express: You merit more; nor could my love do less.
628 psl. - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.