Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Pagina 36
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of ...
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of ...
Pagina 42
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first principles . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the Revolution ...
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first principles . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the Revolution ...
Pagina 59
... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
Pagina 70
... hundred years ago . His- torians rarely descend to those details from which alone the real state of a community can ... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least ...
... hundred years ago . His- torians rarely descend to those details from which alone the real state of a community can ... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least ...
Pagina 71
... hundred thousand marks , at a time when the mark contained more silver than fifty shillings of the present day , and when the value of silver was more than quadruple of what it now is . The city and its environs contained a hundred and ...
... hundred thousand marks , at a time when the mark contained more silver than fifty shillings of the present day , and when the value of silver was more than quadruple of what it now is . The city and its environs contained a hundred and ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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