Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Pagina 1
... means of refuting what we cannot but consider as his errors . The labour which has been bestowed on this volume has been a labour of love . The writer is evidently enamoured of the subject . It fills his heart . It constantly overflows ...
... means of refuting what we cannot but consider as his errors . The labour which has been bestowed on this volume has been a labour of love . The writer is evidently enamoured of the subject . It fills his heart . It constantly overflows ...
Pagina 2
... means without sympathy for Mr. Montagu even in what we consider as his weakness . There is scarcely any delusion which has a better claim to be indulgently treated than that under the influence of which a man ascribes every moral ...
... means without sympathy for Mr. Montagu even in what we consider as his weakness . There is scarcely any delusion which has a better claim to be indulgently treated than that under the influence of which a man ascribes every moral ...
Pagina 21
... means altered for the better , and who loved to mark his dislike of the showy , quick - witted young men of the rising generation , took this opportu- nity to read Francis a very sharp lecture on his vanity and want of respect for his ...
... means altered for the better , and who loved to mark his dislike of the showy , quick - witted young men of the rising generation , took this opportu- nity to read Francis a very sharp lecture on his vanity and want of respect for his ...
Pagina 25
... means interesting or plea- sing . Both parties employed the means which are familiar to unscrupulous statesmen ; and neither had , or even pretended to have , any important end in view . The public mind was then reposing from one great ...
... means interesting or plea- sing . Both parties employed the means which are familiar to unscrupulous statesmen ; and neither had , or even pretended to have , any important end in view . The public mind was then reposing from one great ...
Pagina 31
... means agreeable to a sovereign naturally impatient of opposition , and accustomed , during forty years , to the most extravagant flattery , and the most abject submission . The daring and contemptuous manner in which he bade de- fiance ...
... means agreeable to a sovereign naturally impatient of opposition , and accustomed , during forty years , to the most extravagant flattery , and the most abject submission . The daring and contemptuous manner in which he bade de- fiance ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1903 |
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