The History of England: From the Accession of James II, Nide 5J.B. Lippincott, 1873 |
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Sivu xii
... excellent exceptions , the articles in reviews had confined themselves to notices , more or less excursive , of new books , and to discussions of the political or polemic questions of the day . The article now aspired to be xii A MEMOIR OF.
... excellent exceptions , the articles in reviews had confined themselves to notices , more or less excursive , of new books , and to discussions of the political or polemic questions of the day . The article now aspired to be xii A MEMOIR OF.
Sivu xvii
... less , that he was acces- sory to his own failure . The event turned on a religious question , in which Edinburgh , true to its old Scotch preju- dices , adhered to the less liberal view . Macaulay could not be persuaded to humor , to ...
... less , that he was acces- sory to his own failure . The event turned on a religious question , in which Edinburgh , true to its old Scotch preju- dices , adhered to the less liberal view . Macaulay could not be persuaded to humor , to ...
Sivu xix
... less deliberately . It may be questioned , and has been questioned , whether Macaulay was , or could have become , a masterly debater . This accomplishment , except in rare examples , is acquired only by long use and practice . When ...
... less deliberately . It may be questioned , and has been questioned , whether Macaulay was , or could have become , a masterly debater . This accomplishment , except in rare examples , is acquired only by long use and practice . When ...
Sivu xxiv
... less than his prodigious memory , ever at the command of his imagination ; to ar range it without confusion , to distribute it according to the laws of historic perspective , to make it , in short , a history as difficult to lay down as ...
... less than his prodigious memory , ever at the command of his imagination ; to ar range it without confusion , to distribute it according to the laws of historic perspective , to make it , in short , a history as difficult to lay down as ...
Sivu 12
... less calculated to win golden opinions from readers of judgment and reflection . Behind the external show and glittering vesture of his thoughts - beneath all his pomp of diction , aptness of illustration , splendor of imagery , 12 LIFE ...
... less calculated to win golden opinions from readers of judgment and reflection . Behind the external show and glittering vesture of his thoughts - beneath all his pomp of diction , aptness of illustration , splendor of imagery , 12 LIFE ...
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