Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... haste . The author has sometimes , like other con- tributors to periodical works , been under the necessity of writing at a distance from all books and from all advisers ; of trusting to his memory for facts , viii PREFACE .
... haste . The author has sometimes , like other con- tributors to periodical works , been under the necessity of writing at a distance from all books and from all advisers ; of trusting to his memory for facts , viii PREFACE .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. advisers ; of trusting to his memory for facts , dates , and quotations ; and of sending manuscripts to the post without reading them over . What he has com- posed thus rapidly has often been as ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. advisers ; of trusting to his memory for facts , dates , and quotations ; and of sending manuscripts to the post without reading them over . What he has com- posed thus rapidly has often been as ...
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... fact is , that common observers reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials , ages more in separating ...
... fact is , that common observers reason from the progress of the experimental sciences to that of the imitative arts . The improvement of the former is gradual and slow . Ages are spent in collecting materials , ages more in separating ...
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... facts , and content themselves with calling testimony to character . He had so many private virtues ! And had James the Second no private virtues ? Was Oliver Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of ...
... facts , and content themselves with calling testimony to character . He had so many private virtues ! And had James the Second no private virtues ? Was Oliver Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of ...
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... fact the necessary effects of it . The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other . One overpowering senti- ment had subjected to itself pity and hatred , ambition and fear . Death had lost its terrors ...
... fact the necessary effects of it . The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other . One overpowering senti- ment had subjected to itself pity and hatred , ambition and fear . Death had lost its terrors ...
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admiration army authority beauty believe Boswell Buckinghamshire Bunyan called Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Church of England Clarendon conduct constitution contempt court crime Croker Cromwell dæmons death doctrine doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human interest Italy Jews Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral nation nature never noble opinion oppression Paradise Lost Parliament party passages passed passions persecution person Petition of Right Pilgrim's Progress poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Puritans racter readers reason reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery says scarcely seems sophisms Southey Southey's spirit Strafford strong talents temper thing tion tyranny tyrant wealth Whigs whole writer