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... person . He loved letter - writing , and had evidently studied it as an art . It was , in truth , the very kind of writing for such a man , for a man very ambitious to rank among wits , yet nervously afraid that , while obtaining the ...
... person . He loved letter - writing , and had evidently studied it as an art . It was , in truth , the very kind of writing for such a man , for a man very ambitious to rank among wits , yet nervously afraid that , while obtaining the ...
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... person could find favour . But while the influence of the House of Commons in the Government was becoming paramount , the influence of the people over the House of Commons was declining . It mattered little in the time of Charles the ...
... person could find favour . But while the influence of the House of Commons in the Government was becoming paramount , the influence of the people over the House of Commons was declining . It mattered little in the time of Charles the ...
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... person who comes in the way is made the sacrifice . The wrath of the people had now spent itself ; and the unnatural excitement was succeeded by an unnatural calm . To an ir- rational eagerness for something new , succeeded an equally ...
... person who comes in the way is made the sacrifice . The wrath of the people had now spent itself ; and the unnatural excitement was succeeded by an unnatural calm . To an ir- rational eagerness for something new , succeeded an equally ...
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... person . His understanding was that of Walpole on a some- what smaller scale . Though not a brilliant orator , he was , like his master , a good debater , a good parliamentary tacti- cian , a good man of business . Like his master , he ...
... person . His understanding was that of Walpole on a some- what smaller scale . Though not a brilliant orator , he was , like his master , a good debater , a good parliamentary tacti- cian , a good man of business . Like his master , he ...
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... person to a share of his au- thority until the throne was filled by a new Prince , who brought with him new maxims of Government , new favourites , and a strong will . But the inauspicious commencement of the Seven Years ' War brought ...
... person to a share of his au- thority until the throne was filled by a new Prince , who brought with him new maxims of Government , new favourites , and a strong will . But the inauspicious commencement of the Seven Years ' War brought ...
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Página 106 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 316 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Página 629 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
Página 190 - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Página 518 - Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not like the first ; Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength.
Página 620 - India and its inhabitants were not to him, as to most Englishmen, mere names and abstractions, but a real country and a real people. The burning sun, the strange vegetation of the palm and the...
Página 631 - ... negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of the age, his form developed by every manly exercise, his face beaming with intelligence and spirit, the ingenious, the chivalrous, the high-souled Windham.
Página 396 - The sepoys came to Clive, not to complain of their scanty fare, but to propose that all the grain should be given to the Europeans, who required more nourishment than the natives of Asia. The thin gruel, they said, which was strained away from the rice, would suffice for themselves. History contains no more touching instance of military fidelity, or of the influence of a commanding mind.
Página 518 - O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express: You merit more; nor could my love do less.
Página 628 - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.