Critical Historical and Miscellaneous Essays with a Memoir and Index, المجلدات 1-2Mason, Baker & Pratt, 1873 |
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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 xxii
... tion , he makes one condition which may surprise those American readers , who suppose that none but English politicians who are corrupt , pay money to get into Par- liament . " I cannot , " he says , spend more than £ 500 on the ...
... tion , he makes one condition which may surprise those American readers , who suppose that none but English politicians who are corrupt , pay money to get into Par- liament . " I cannot , " he says , spend more than £ 500 on the ...
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 7
... the humorous and affected tone of his ordinary conversa- tion . " Let them suspect . They suspect because they know what they have deserved . What have they done · for Rome ? What for mankind ? - Ask FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 7.
... the humorous and affected tone of his ordinary conversa- tion . " Let them suspect . They suspect because they know what they have deserved . What have they done · for Rome ? What for mankind ? - Ask FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 7.
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