The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Volumen2Harper & brothers, 1876 |
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... turning . - Macaulay's Re - election for Edin- burgh , and the General Satisfaction which it occasioned . He has a Se- rious Attack of Illness . - Clifton . - Extracts from Macaulay's Journal.— His Strong Feelings for Old Associations ...
... turning . - Macaulay's Re - election for Edin- burgh , and the General Satisfaction which it occasioned . He has a Se- rious Attack of Illness . - Clifton . - Extracts from Macaulay's Journal.— His Strong Feelings for Old Associations ...
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... turn in the road where the lines struck him : From where Cortona lifts to heaven Her diadem of towers ; and so on through ' reedy Thrasymene , ' and all the other lo- calities of the poem . " " 9 " Chalons - sur - Saône , Tuesday ...
... turn in the road where the lines struck him : From where Cortona lifts to heaven Her diadem of towers ; and so on through ' reedy Thrasymene , ' and all the other lo- calities of the poem . " " 9 " Chalons - sur - Saône , Tuesday ...
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... turn for a morsel of bread , my spirit rose against the intolerable thralldom . I was mutinous , and once actually resigned . I then went to India to get independence , and I have got it , and I will keep it . So I wrote to Lord ...
... turn for a morsel of bread , my spirit rose against the intolerable thralldom . I was mutinous , and once actually resigned . I then went to India to get independence , and I have got it , and I will keep it . So I wrote to Lord ...
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... most awkward perversion of language , for the pleasure of turning the Scriptures into ribaldry , or of calling Jesus an impostor . " Macaulay , who had not yet lost his taste for 40 [ CHAP . VII . LIFE AND LETTERS OF.
... most awkward perversion of language , for the pleasure of turning the Scriptures into ribaldry , or of calling Jesus an impostor . " Macaulay , who had not yet lost his taste for 40 [ CHAP . VII . LIFE AND LETTERS OF.
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... turning over the records of the Club , to come upon poor Bozzy's signature , evidently affixed when he was too drunk to guide his pen . " fact of his having kept it unburned ; a compliment 1839-41 . ] 51 LORD MACAULAY .
... turning over the records of the Club , to come upon poor Bozzy's signature , evidently affixed when he was too drunk to guide his pen . " fact of his having kept it unburned ; a compliment 1839-41 . ] 51 LORD MACAULAY .
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