The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay: Contributions to Knight's quarterly magazine. Contributions to the Edinburgh reviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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... less than hard drinking and the fortune less than high play ; it is not much more laughable than phrenology , and is immeasurably more humane than cock - fighting . " Macaulay inserted in the Edinburgh Review of March , 1829 , an ...
... less than hard drinking and the fortune less than high play ; it is not much more laughable than phrenology , and is immeasurably more humane than cock - fighting . " Macaulay inserted in the Edinburgh Review of March , 1829 , an ...
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... less ambition , unquestioned courage , admirable sagacity . Yet I have frequently observed in him a womanish weak- ness at the sight of pain . I remember that once one of his slaves was taken ill while carrying his litter . He alighted ...
... less ambition , unquestioned courage , admirable sagacity . Yet I have frequently observed in him a womanish weak- ness at the sight of pain . I remember that once one of his slaves was taken ill while carrying his litter . He alighted ...
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... less valuable than the affection 99 " Oh ! Cæsar , " interrupted the blushing Zoe , " think only on your own security at present . If you feel as you speak , but you are only mocking me , - or perhaps your compassion- - " " " By Heaven ...
... less valuable than the affection 99 " Oh ! Cæsar , " interrupted the blushing Zoe , " think only on your own security at present . If you feel as you speak , but you are only mocking me , - or perhaps your compassion- - " " " By Heaven ...
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... less of fathers ! CALLIDEMUS . Ungrateful wretch ; dare you talk so ? Are you not afraid of the thunders of Jupiter ? SPEUSIPPUS . Jupiter thunder ! nonsense ! Anaxagoras says , that thunder is only an explosion produced by ...
... less of fathers ! CALLIDEMUS . Ungrateful wretch ; dare you talk so ? Are you not afraid of the thunders of Jupiter ? SPEUSIPPUS . Jupiter thunder ! nonsense ! Anaxagoras says , that thunder is only an explosion produced by ...
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... less wisdom . If you must believe something which you never can know , why not be contented with the long stories about the other world which are told us when we are initiated at the * Eleusinian mysteries . CHARICLEA . And what are ...
... less wisdom . If you must believe something which you never can know , why not be contented with the long stories about the other world which are told us when we are initiated at the * Eleusinian mysteries . CHARICLEA . And what are ...
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