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Pagina 243
... seemed to be favour- able to the Crown , the power of the Crown was constantly sinking , and that of the Commons constantly rising . The meetings of the Houses were more frequent than in former reigns ; their interference was more ...
... seemed to be favour- able to the Crown , the power of the Crown was constantly sinking , and that of the Commons constantly rising . The meetings of the Houses were more frequent than in former reigns ; their interference was more ...
Pagina 252
... seemed to go to and fro with him from side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of ...
... seemed to go to and fro with him from side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of ...
Pagina 332
... seemed to him great , and whatever was great seemed to him little . Serious business was a trifle to him , and trifles were his serious business . To chat with blue - stockings , to write little copies of complimentary verses on little ...
... seemed to him great , and whatever was great seemed to him little . Serious business was a trifle to him , and trifles were his serious business . To chat with blue - stockings , to write little copies of complimentary verses on little ...
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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