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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... objects of desire , and the greatest happiness of the greatest number , is but a poor employment for a grown man , it certainly hurts the health less than hard drinking and the fortune less than high play ; it is not much more laughable ...
... objects of desire , and the greatest happiness of the greatest number , is but a poor employment for a grown man , it certainly hurts the health less than hard drinking and the fortune less than high play ; it is not much more laughable ...
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... object than to perpetuate their own exclusive power , and to keep us under the yoke of an oligarchical tyranny , which unites in itself the worst evils of every other system , and combines more than Athenian turbulence with more than ...
... object than to perpetuate their own exclusive power , and to keep us under the yoke of an oligarchical tyranny , which unites in itself the worst evils of every other system , and combines more than Athenian turbulence with more than ...
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... object of the competitor for the agri- cultural premium is to produce an animal fit , not to be eaten , but to be weighed . Accordingly he pampers his victim into morbid and unnatural fatness ; and , when it is in such a state that it ...
... object of the competitor for the agri- cultural premium is to produce an animal fit , not to be eaten , but to be weighed . Accordingly he pampers his victim into morbid and unnatural fatness ; and , when it is in such a state that it ...
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... objects . What say you to politics , the general assembly ? ― CALLIDEMUS . You an orator ! -oh no ! no ! Cleon was worth twenty + Xenophon ; Convivium . The stipend of an Athenian juryman . A celebrated highwayman of Attica . See ...
... objects . What say you to politics , the general assembly ? ― CALLIDEMUS . You an orator ! -oh no ! no ! Cleon was worth twenty + Xenophon ; Convivium . The stipend of an Athenian juryman . A celebrated highwayman of Attica . See ...
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... objects may compel my attention ; but can I be near you without thinking how lovely you are , and how soon I must leave you ? HIPPOMACHUS . Ay ; travelling soon puts such thoughts out of men's heads . CALLICLES . A battle is the best ...
... objects may compel my attention ; but can I be near you without thinking how lovely you are , and how soon I must leave you ? HIPPOMACHUS . Ay ; travelling soon puts such thoughts out of men's heads . CALLICLES . A battle is the best ...
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