Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his ac- cession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the ...
... historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his ac- cession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the ...
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... - cepted , have at the present time reached so high a point of wealth and civilization as some parts of Italy had attained four hundred years ago . Historians rarely descend to those 66 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... - cepted , have at the present time reached so high a point of wealth and civilization as some parts of Italy had attained four hundred years ago . Historians rarely descend to those 66 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. four hundred years ago . Historians rarely descend to those details from which alone the real state of the community can be collected . Hence , posterity is too often deceived by the vague ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. four hundred years ago . Historians rarely descend to those details from which alone the real state of the community can be collected . Hence , posterity is too often deceived by the vague ...
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... historians are generally most careful to teach , or readers most willing to learn . But they are not , there- fore , useless . How Philip disposed his troops at Cheronea , where Hannibal crossed the Alps , whether Mary blew up Darnley ...
... historians are generally most careful to teach , or readers most willing to learn . But they are not , there- fore , useless . How Philip disposed his troops at Cheronea , where Hannibal crossed the Alps , whether Mary blew up Darnley ...
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... historians , the feeble violence and shal- low cunning of Louis the Twelfth ; the bustling insignificance of Maximilian , cursed with an impotent pruriency for re- nown , rash yet timid , obstinate yet fickle , always in a hurry , yet ...
... historians , the feeble violence and shal- low cunning of Louis the Twelfth ; the bustling insignificance of Maximilian , cursed with an impotent pruriency for re- nown , rash yet timid , obstinate yet fickle , always in a hurry , yet ...
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