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... natural reward , idleness and folly their natural punishment , by maintaining peace , by defending property and by observing strict economy in every depart- ment of the state . Let the Government do this and the people will assuredly do ...
... natural reward , idleness and folly their natural punishment , by maintaining peace , by defending property and by observing strict economy in every depart- ment of the state . Let the Government do this and the people will assuredly do ...
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... nature of his subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . " But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ; and , where he is least happy , his failure ...
... nature of his subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp . " But he writes with as much ease and freedom as if Latin were his mother tongue ; and , where he is least happy , his failure ...
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... natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , is dis ... nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the ...
... natural that the literature of Greece should be tinctured with the Oriental style . And that style , we think , is dis ... nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the ...
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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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administration admiration affairs appeared army Benares Bengal Bute Calcutta Catholic character Charles chief Church Clarendon Clive conduct considered constitution Council Court Cromwell Crown debate defend Duke Dupleix eloquence enemies England English excited favour favourite feeling France French friends George Grenville Governor-General Grenville Hampden Hastings honour Horace Walpole House of Commons hundred impeachment India James justice King liberty Long Parliament Lord Lord Holland Lord Rockingham Mahratta measures Meer Jaffier ment Milton mind ministers Nabob nation nature never Newcastle Nuncomar Omichund opinion Opposition Parliament parliamentary party passed persecuted person Petition of Right Pitt political Prince principles produced Protestant reform reign respect Revolution royal scarcely seemed Sir James Mackintosh soldiers soon sovereign spirit statesman Strafford strong talents temper Temple thought thousand pounds throne tion took Tories vote Walpole Whigs whole