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... passed , he never risked the reputation which he had won . He avoided the great offices of State with a caution almost pusilla- nimous , and confined himself to quiet and secluded departments of public business , in which he could enjoy ...
... passed , he never risked the reputation which he had won . He avoided the great offices of State with a caution almost pusilla- nimous , and confined himself to quiet and secluded departments of public business , in which he could enjoy ...
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... passed the bounds of good - nature . She ing billets with ten times their weight loved reading ; but her studies were not in state - papers taken at random . To those of Queen Elizabeth and Lady us surely it is as useful to know how ...
... passed the bounds of good - nature . She ing billets with ten times their weight loved reading ; but her studies were not in state - papers taken at random . To those of Queen Elizabeth and Lady us surely it is as useful to know how ...
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... passed in Ireland , while phænomena which have almost invari- the Cromwellian system was in full ably attended the planting of civi- operation , he always described as lised colonies in uncivilised countries , | " : ' years of great ...
... passed in Ireland , while phænomena which have almost invari- the Cromwellian system was in full ably attended the planting of civi- operation , he always described as lised colonies in uncivilised countries , | " : ' years of great ...
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... passed two years in London , where he seems to have led that easy , lounging life which was best suited to his temper . Ireland used to to the falling fortunes of a minister the study of whose life was to offend all parties . Arlington ...
... passed two years in London , where he seems to have led that easy , lounging life which was best suited to his temper . Ireland used to to the falling fortunes of a minister the study of whose life was to offend all parties . Arlington ...
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... passed Westphalian society . Under all these away from Spain . That mighty em- disadvantages , however , he gave so pire , on which the sun never set , which much satisfaction that he was created had crushed the liberties of Italy and a ...
... passed Westphalian society . Under all these away from Spain . That mighty em- disadvantages , however , he gave so pire , on which the sun never set , which much satisfaction that he was created had crushed the liberties of Italy and a ...
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235. oldal - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres...
235. oldal - ... unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, •had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
235. oldal - ... court, indicated also habitual self-possession and self-respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, Mens cequa in arduis; such was the aspect with which the great Proconsul presented himself to his judges.
167. oldal - And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express ; You merit more, nor could my love do less.
340. oldal - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
105. oldal - No mob attacked by regular soldiers was ever more completely routed. The little band of Frenchmen, who alone ventured to confront the English, were swept down the stream of fugitives. In an hour the forces of Surajah Dowlah were dispersed, never to reassemble.
128. oldal - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series from the pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
343. oldal - So effectually indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation of decency has always been considered among us as the mark of a fool.
234. oldal - The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and over the ladies of the princely house of Oude.
181. oldal - I am," said Oliver Cromwell, while sitting to young Lely. " If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling." Even in such a trifle, the great Protector showed both his good sense and his magnanimity. He did not wish all that was characteristic in his countenance to be lost, in the vain attempt to give him the regular features and smooth blooming cheeks of the curl-pated minions of James the First.