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... irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the abili . ty and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitary and lawless power , even in his hands .
... irresistible force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the abili . ty and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitary and lawless power , even in his hands .
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He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe . He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony , by the blood of no earthly sacrifice . It was for him that the sun had been darkened , that the rocks ...
He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe . He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony , by the blood of no earthly sacrifice . It was for him that the sun had been darkened , that the rocks ...
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The mercenary warriors of the Peninsula , instead of being attached to the service of different powers , were regarded as the common property of all . The con . nexion between the state and its defenders was reduced to the most simple ...
The mercenary warriors of the Peninsula , instead of being attached to the service of different powers , were regarded as the common property of all . The con . nexion between the state and its defenders was reduced to the most simple ...
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Their common profession was a bond of union not to be forgotten , even when they were engaged in the service of contending parties . Hence it was that operations , languid and indecisive beyond any recorded in history , marches and ...
Their common profession was a bond of union not to be forgotten , even when they were engaged in the service of contending parties . Hence it was that operations , languid and indecisive beyond any recorded in history , marches and ...
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That on Fortune , in particular , and that on Opportunity , exhibit both justness of thought and fertility of fancy . The Golden Ass has nothing but the name in common with 100 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
That on Fortune , in particular , and that on Opportunity , exhibit both justness of thought and fertility of fancy . The Golden Ass has nothing but the name in common with 100 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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Página 56 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom.
Página 137 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 37 - the poet should have secured the consistency of his system by keeping immateriality out of sight, and seducing the reader to drop it from his thoughts.
Página 31 - And drenches with Elysian dew (List, mortals, if your ears be true) Beds of hyacinth and roses, Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound, In slumber soft, and on the ground Sadly sits the Assyrian queen.
Página 449 - Flemish Count is slain; Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags and cloven mail. And then we thought on vengeance, and all along our van, "Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man: But out spake gentle Henry then, "No Frenchman is my foe; Down, down with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Página 31 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
Página 227 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 47 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Página 367 - The whole history of Christianity shows, that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance of power, than of being crushed by its opposition. Those who thrus.t temporal sovereignty upon her treat her as their prototypes treated her author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry
Página 255 - In favour and pre-eminence, yet fraught With envy against the Son of God, that day...
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| Título | Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Autor | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Editor | Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 16 Ene. 2007 |
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