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Pagina 215
... talents and services , sought out no new allies . He seems to have taken a sort of morose pleasure in slighting and provoking all the rising talent of the kingdom . His connections were almost entirely confined to the small circle ...
... talents and services , sought out no new allies . He seems to have taken a sort of morose pleasure in slighting and provoking all the rising talent of the kingdom . His connections were almost entirely confined to the small circle ...
Pagina 243
... talent , parliamentary talent , has been the most valuable of all the qualifications of an English statesman . It has stood in the place of all other acquirements . It has covered ignorance , weakness , rashness , the most fatal ...
... talent , parliamentary talent , has been the most valuable of all the qualifications of an English statesman . It has stood in the place of all other acquirements . It has covered ignorance , weakness , rashness , the most fatal ...
Pagina 373
... talents , and his paramount influence in his native country . In each of these cases taken separately , a skilful defender of Walpole might perhaps make out a case for him . But when we see that during a long course of years , all the ...
... talents , and his paramount influence in his native country . In each of these cases taken separately , a skilful defender of Walpole might perhaps make out a case for him . But when we see that during a long course of years , all 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