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Pagina 265
... eloquence of the East he must have perused . One of Sir William's pieces , however , deserves notice , not , indeed , on account of its intrinsic merit , but on account of the light which it throws on some curious weaknesses of his ...
... eloquence of the East he must have perused . One of Sir William's pieces , however , deserves notice , not , indeed , on account of its intrinsic merit , but on account of the light which it throws on some curious weaknesses of his ...
Pagina 391
... eloquence threw into the shade every orator , except Pitt , who declaimed against the subsidies for an hour and a half with extraordinary energy and effect . Those powers which had formerly spread terror through the majorities of ...
... eloquence threw into the shade every orator , except Pitt , who declaimed against the subsidies for an hour and a half with extraordinary energy and effect . Those powers which had formerly spread terror through the majorities of ...
Pagina 473
... eloquence was almost to the last heard with delight . But it was not exactly the eloquence of the House of Lords . That lofty and passionate , but somewhat desultory declamation , in which he excelled all men , and which was set off by ...
... eloquence was almost to the last heard with delight . But it was not exactly the eloquence of the House of Lords . That lofty and passionate , but somewhat desultory declamation , in which he excelled all men , and which was set off by ...
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ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 77 |
JOHN HAMPDEN | 102 |
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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