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... , that uprooting of old truth and old error . It was plain that mighty principles were at work , whether for evil or for good . It was plain that a great change in the whole ૪ ༢༠ WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
... , that uprooting of old truth and old error . It was plain that mighty principles were at work , whether for evil or for good . It was plain that a great change in the whole ૪ ༢༠ WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
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... whole public conduct of his hero ought to be re- ferred . " Did the administration of Walpole , " says the bio- grapher , “ present any uniform principle which may be traced in every part , and which gave combination and consistency to ...
... whole public conduct of his hero ought to be re- ferred . " Did the administration of Walpole , " says the bio- grapher , “ present any uniform principle which may be traced in every part , and which gave combination and consistency to ...
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... they now had their war . Hatred of Walpole was almost the only feeling which was common to them . On this one point therefore , they concentrated their whole strength . With gross 24 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
... they now had their war . Hatred of Walpole was almost the only feeling which was common to them . On this one point therefore , they concentrated their whole strength . With gross 24 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
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... whole heart and soul with- out reserve to one object . He was eaten up by ambition . His love of influence and authority resembled the avarice of the old usurer in the Fortunes of Nigel . It was so intense a passion that it supplied the ...
... whole heart and soul with- out reserve to one object . He was eaten up by ambition . His love of influence and authority resembled the avarice of the old usurer in the Fortunes of Nigel . It was so intense a passion that it supplied the ...
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... whole , and every scene of which is to be viewed in con- nexion with the main action . The public life of Pitt , on the other hand , is a rude though striking piece , a piece abound- ing in incongruities , a piece without any unity of ...
... whole , and every scene of which is to be viewed in con- nexion with the main action . The public life of Pitt , on the other hand , is a rude though striking piece , a piece abound- ing in incongruities , a piece without any unity of ...
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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.