Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Pagina 47
... France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of buffoons , regu- lated the policy of the state . The government had just ability enough to ...
... France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of buffoons , regu- lated the policy of the state . The government had just ability enough to ...
Pagina 73
... France present us only with a frightful spectacle of poverty , barbarity , and ignorance . From the oppressions of illiterate masters , and the sufferings of a degraded peasantry , it is delightful to turn to the opulent and enlight ...
... France present us only with a frightful spectacle of poverty , barbarity , and ignorance . From the oppressions of illiterate masters , and the sufferings of a degraded peasantry , it is delightful to turn to the opulent and enlight ...
Pagina 79
... France , and the fierce rapacity of Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it ...
... France , and the fierce rapacity of Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it ...
Pagina 92
... France and Spain . All their disputes , internal and external , were decided by foreign influence . The contests of opposite factions were carried on , not as formerly in the senate - house or in the market - place , but in the ...
... France and Spain . All their disputes , internal and external , were decided by foreign influence . The contests of opposite factions were carried on , not as formerly in the senate - house or in the market - place , but in the ...
Pagina 93
... France . In these mis- sions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His de- spatches form one of the most amusing and instruc- tive collections extant . The narratives are clear and ...
... France . In these mis- sions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His de- spatches form one of the most amusing and instruc- tive collections extant . The narratives are clear and ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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