Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volume 3Estes and Lauriat, 1880 |
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Pagina 10
... France , he lost his employment . But Tangier had been ceded by Portugal to England as part of the marriage portion of the Infanta Catharine ; and to Tangier Lancelot Addison was sent . A more miserable situation can hardly be conceived ...
... France , he lost his employment . But Tangier had been ceded by Portugal to England as part of the marriage portion of the Infanta Catharine ; and to Tangier Lancelot Addison was sent . A more miserable situation can hardly be conceived ...
Pagina 18
... representative gov- ernment in France . The men of letters instantly rose to the highest importance in the state . At the present mo- ment most of the persons whom we see at the 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... representative gov- ernment in France . The men of letters instantly rose to the highest importance in the state . At the present mo- ment most of the persons whom we see at the 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... France . For , in England , the aris- tocracy of intellect had to contend with a powerful and deeply rooted aristocracy of a very different kind . France . had no Somersets and Shrewsburies to keep down her Ad- disons and Priors . It ...
... France . For , in England , the aris- tocracy of intellect had to contend with a powerful and deeply rooted aristocracy of a very different kind . France . had no Somersets and Shrewsburies to keep down her Ad- disons and Priors . It ...
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... France . The Countess , a Whig and a toast , was probably as gracious as her lord ; for Addison long retained an agreeable recollection of the impression which she at this time made on him , and , in some lively lines written on the ...
... France . The Countess , a Whig and a toast , was probably as gracious as her lord ; for Addison long retained an agreeable recollection of the impression which she at this time made on him , and , in some lively lines written on the ...
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... France , in direct violation of his engagements , both with Great Britain and with the States - General , accepted the be- quest on behalf of his grandson . The house of Bourbon was at the summit of human grandeur . England had been ...
... France , in direct violation of his engagements , both with Great Britain and with the States - General , accepted the be- quest on behalf of his grandson . The house of Bourbon was at the summit of human grandeur . England had been ...
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Addison admiration appeared Barère became Bishop Burnet Bute called character Charles chief Church court crown death divine Duke Earl eloquence eminent enemies England English Ennius eyes favor favorite feelings France French friends genius George Grenville Girondists Grenville hand hath head heart Hippolyte Carnot honor House of Bourbon House of Commons House of Hanover House of Lords Jacobin James Johnson King labor language Lars Porsena Latin learning letters liberty literary living Livy London Lord Lord Rockingham Major Moody master means ment mind minister nation nature never o'er opinion Parliament party passed person Pitt poet political Pope Prince Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre Roman Rome royal scarcely seemed slave soon spirit stood strong talents temper thee thou thought throne tion took Tories Tortola truth verses Whig Whig party whole William writer young
Populaire passages
Pagina 742 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now, upon them with the lance! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rush'd, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Pagina 779 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Pagina 779 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Pagina 57 - Booth to his box, and presented him, before the whole theatre, with a purse of fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.
Pagina 582 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Pagina 745 - Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire. The fisher left his skiff to rock on Tamar's glittering waves : The rugged miners poured to war from Mendip's sunless caves : O'er Longleat's towers, o'er Cranbourne's oaks, the fiery herald flew : He roused the shepherds of Stonehenge, the rangers of Beaulieu.
Pagina 743 - Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. • Ho ! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls. Ho ! gallant nobles of the League, look that your arms be bright ; Ho ! burghers of St.
Pagina 781 - When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; 5 LXX.
Pagina 780 - They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night : And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie.
Pagina 741 - And Appenzel's stout infantry, and Egmont's Flemish spears. There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land! And dark Mayenne was in the midst, a truncheon in his hand ! And as we looked on them, we thought of Seine's...