Critical and Historical EssaysLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874 - 855 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so power- ful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of man- kind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between ...
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so power- ful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of man- kind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between ...
Pagina 18
... conduct in the most important of all human relations ; and if in that re- lation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and ...
... conduct in the most important of all human relations ; and if in that re- lation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and ...
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... conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men who , in spite of much that was ridiculous and hateful in the conduct of their associates , stood firmly by the cause of Public Liberty . We are not aware that the poet has been charged ...
... conduct of Milton and the other wise and good men who , in spite of much that was ridiculous and hateful in the conduct of their associates , stood firmly by the cause of Public Liberty . We are not aware that the poet has been charged ...
Pagina 21
... conduct during the administration of the Pro- tector . That an enthusiastic votary of liberty should accept office under a military usurper seems , no doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the ...
... conduct during the administration of the Pro- tector . That an enthusiastic votary of liberty should accept office under a military usurper seems , no doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the ...
Pagina 39
... conduct was upright and honourable , whose views of morality , where they dif- fered from those of the persons around him , seemed to have differed for the better , and whose only fault was , that , having adopted some of the maxims ...
... conduct was upright and honourable , whose views of morality , where they dif- fered from those of the persons around him , seemed to have differed for the better , and whose only fault was , that , having adopted some of the maxims ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1901 |
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