Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة ix
... tion in study and composition . Incessantly occupied , mentally , he paid but little attention to his personal appearance , and in dress was something of a sloven . Neither his father nor Hannah More could cure him of this fault , and ...
... tion in study and composition . Incessantly occupied , mentally , he paid but little attention to his personal appearance , and in dress was something of a sloven . Neither his father nor Hannah More could cure him of this fault , and ...
الصفحة xix
... tion . This was the speech which he delivered as Sec- retary of the Board of Control , in July 1833 , on the new India Bill of the Whig government . Few per- sons were in the house ; but Jeffrey , who was in Lon- don , wrote to one of ...
... tion . This was the speech which he delivered as Sec- retary of the Board of Control , in July 1833 , on the new India Bill of the Whig government . Few per- sons were in the house ; but Jeffrey , who was in Lon- don , wrote to one of ...
الصفحة xxxiii
... tion of Macaulay's talent is his analysis and represen- tation of the character of James II . , from a hostile point of view . He catches his victim in a series of cunningly contrived traps , and the poor creature , in Macaulay's ...
... tion of Macaulay's talent is his analysis and represen- tation of the character of James II . , from a hostile point of view . He catches his victim in a series of cunningly contrived traps , and the poor creature , in Macaulay's ...
الصفحة 2
... tion , when I was within a moment of having my throat cut by a politician , who took me for another politician . While there is a cask of Falernian in Campania , or a girl in the Suburra , I shall be too well employed to think on the ...
... tion , when I was within a moment of having my throat cut by a politician , who took me for another politician . While there is a cask of Falernian in Campania , or a girl in the Suburra , I shall be too well employed to think on the ...
الصفحة 11
... tion was scarcely sufficient to prevent a total rupture . ' " Indignant ! The gods confound him ! - He prated about humanity , and generosity , and moderation . By Hercules , I have not heard such a lecture since I was with Xenochares ...
... tion was scarcely sufficient to prevent a total rupture . ' " Indignant ! The gods confound him ! - He prated about humanity , and generosity , and moderation . By Hercules , I have not heard such a lecture since I was with Xenochares ...
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