The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Volumen2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1876 |
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... spirits ; and , above all , he has been wel- comed by his Redeemer with Well done , good and faith- ful servant . " " 6 Zachary Macaulay's bust in Westminster Abbey bears on its pedestal a beautiful inscription , ( which is , and pro ...
... spirits ; and , above all , he has been wel- comed by his Redeemer with Well done , good and faith- ful servant . " " 6 Zachary Macaulay's bust in Westminster Abbey bears on its pedestal a beautiful inscription , ( which is , and pro ...
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... spirit in which the whole narrative is composed from expressions which occur at the beginning . This biographer tells us that Mackintosh , on occa- sion of taking his medical degree at Edinburgh , not only put off the writing of his ...
... spirit in which the whole narrative is composed from expressions which occur at the beginning . This biographer tells us that Mackintosh , on occa- sion of taking his medical degree at Edinburgh , not only put off the writing of his ...
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... spirit at expense of my understanding . the Ever yours most truly T. B. MACAULAY . London : August 14 , 1838 . Dear Napier , -Your old friend Wallace and I have been pretty near exchanging shots . However , all is ac- commodated , and ...
... spirit at expense of my understanding . the Ever yours most truly T. B. MACAULAY . London : August 14 , 1838 . Dear Napier , -Your old friend Wallace and I have been pretty near exchanging shots . However , all is ac- commodated , and ...
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... spirits , even to petulance . But this is all fanciful . " " October 26. - On board the steamer for Avignon . Saw the famous junction of the two rivers , and thought of Lord Chatham's simile . ' But his expression languid , though of no ...
... spirits , even to petulance . But this is all fanciful . " " October 26. - On board the steamer for Avignon . Saw the famous junction of the two rivers , and thought of Lord Chatham's simile . ' But his expression languid , though of no ...
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... spirit of any great work than mine is with that of the Divine Comedy . His execution I take to be far beyond that of any other artist who has operated on the imagination by means of words . O degli altri poeti onore e lume , Vagliami il ...
... spirit of any great work than mine is with that of the Divine Comedy . His execution I take to be far beyond that of any other artist who has operated on the imagination by means of words . O degli altri poeti onore e lume , Vagliami il ...
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