Critical and Historical EssaysLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874 - 855 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... army . They laugh at the Scriptural names of the preachers . Major - generals fleecing their districts : soldiers revelling on the spoils of a ruined peasantry ; upstarts , enriched by the public plunder , taking possession of the ...
... army . They laugh at the Scriptural names of the preachers . Major - generals fleecing their districts : soldiers revelling on the spoils of a ruined peasantry ; upstarts , enriched by the public plunder , taking possession of the ...
Pagina 20
... army in which a King is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should al- ways be remembered , was put to death by men who had been exasperated by the hostilities of several years , and who had ...
... army in which a King is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should al- ways be remembered , was put to death by men who had been exasperated by the hostilities of several years , and who had ...
Pagina 22
... army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their ...
... army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their ...
Pagina 35
... army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their vic- tories . Its defeats are their defcats . The contract loses ...
... army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their vic- tories . Its defeats are their defcats . The contract loses ...
Pagina 43
... army out of the dregs of an unwarlike people ; who , after acquiring sovereignty by destroying his enemies , acquired popu- larity by destroying his tools ; who had begun to employ for the most salu- We have mentioned Cæsar Borgia ...
... army out of the dregs of an unwarlike people ; who , after acquiring sovereignty by destroying his enemies , acquired popu- larity by destroying his tools ; who had begun to employ for the most salu- We have mentioned Cæsar Borgia ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1901 |
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