Selections from the Writings of Lord MacaulayHarper, 1877 - 472 páginas |
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... night attack might be attended with ( ' ) The battle of Bothwell Bridge , where Monmouth commanded against the Scotch Cameronian insurgents , is described in Sir Walter Scott's " Old Mortality . " success . He resolved to run the hazard ...
... night attack might be attended with ( ' ) The battle of Bothwell Bridge , where Monmouth commanded against the Scotch Cameronian insurgents , is described in Sir Walter Scott's " Old Mortality . " success . He resolved to run the hazard ...
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... night was no secret in Bridgewater . The town was full of women , who had repaired thither by hundreds from the surrounding region to see their husbands , sons , lovers , and brothers once more . There were many sad partings that day ...
... night was no secret in Bridgewater . The town was full of women , who had repaired thither by hundreds from the surrounding region to see their husbands , sons , lovers , and brothers once more . There were many sad partings that day ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay George Otto Trevelyan. night was not ill suited for such an enterprise . The moon was indeed at the full , and the northern streamers were shin- ing brilliantly . But the marsh fog lay so thick on ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay George Otto Trevelyan. night was not ill suited for such an enterprise . The moon was indeed at the full , and the northern streamers were shin- ing brilliantly . But the marsh fog lay so thick on ...
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... night in the open air ; but before morning they were surrounded on every side by toils . Lord Lumley , who lay at Ringwood with a strong body of the Sus- sex militia , had sent forth parties in every direction . Sir Wil- liam Portman ...
... night in the open air ; but before morning they were surrounded on every side by toils . Lord Lumley , who lay at Ringwood with a strong body of the Sus- sex militia , had sent forth parties in every direction . Sir Wil- liam Portman ...
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... night . Thirty times the fugitives ventured to look through the outer hedge ; but everywhere they found a sentinel on the alert . Once they were seen , and fired at ; they then separated , and concealed themselves in different hiding ...
... night . Thirty times the fugitives ventured to look through the outer hedge ; but everywhere they found a sentinel on the alert . Once they were seen , and fired at ; they then separated , and concealed themselves in different hiding ...
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Página 459 - ... a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre. Now, God be praised, the day is ours. Mayenne hath turned his rein. D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The 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...
Página 156 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Página 457 - And on, and on, without a pause untired they bounded still : All night from tower to tower they sprang ; they sprang from hill to hill : Till the proud peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales, Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light...
Página 455 - And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. Ho! strike the flagstaff deep, Sir Knight: ho! scatter flowers, fair maids: Ho! gunners, fire a loud salute: ho! gallants, draw your blades: Thou sun, shine on her joyously; ye breezes, waft her wide; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM, the banner of our pride.
Página 367 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene: But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head, Down as upon a bed.
Página 160 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Página 327 - There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed.
Página 342 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is 'entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Página 160 - Having thus attempted to communicate to his hearers an idea of Eastern society, as vivid as that which existed in his own mind, he proceeded to arraign the administration of Hastings as systematically conducted in defiance of morality and public law. The energy and pathos of the great orator extorted expressions of unwonted admiration from the stern and hostile Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant.
Página 158 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or 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.