Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3. kötetLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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94. oldal
... Commons . They had indeed no great temptation to do wrong . They would have been very bad judges of an accusation brought against Jenkinson or against Wilkes . But the ques- tion respecting Clive was not a party question ; and the House ...
... Commons . They had indeed no great temptation to do wrong . They would have been very bad judges of an accusation brought against Jenkinson or against Wilkes . But the ques- tion respecting Clive was not a party question ; and the House ...
95. oldal
... Commons had pronounced , the knowledge that he was regarded by a large portion of his country- men as a cruel and perfidious tyrant , all concurred to irritate and depress him . In the mean time , his temper was tried by acute physical ...
... Commons had pronounced , the knowledge that he was regarded by a large portion of his country- men as a cruel and perfidious tyrant , all concurred to irritate and depress him . In the mean time , his temper was tried by acute physical ...
106. oldal
... Commons . We have seen an old woman , with no talents beyond the cunning of a fortune - teller , and with the education of a scullion , exalted into a prophetess , and surrounded by tens of thousands of devoted followers , many of whom ...
... Commons . We have seen an old woman , with no talents beyond the cunning of a fortune - teller , and with the education of a scullion , exalted into a prophetess , and surrounded by tens of thousands of devoted followers , many of whom ...
209. oldal
... Commons ; he became a consummate master of the art of debate ; he attained honours and im- mense wealth ; but the public esteem and confidence were withheld from him . His private friends , indeed , justly extolled his generosity and ...
... Commons ; he became a consummate master of the art of debate ; he attained honours and im- mense wealth ; but the public esteem and confidence were withheld from him . His private friends , indeed , justly extolled his generosity and ...
212. oldal
... Commons . He became a Peer while still an infant . When he entered public life , the House of Lords was a very small and a very decorous assembly . The minority to which he belonged was scarcely able to muster five or six votes on the ...
... Commons . He became a Peer while still an infant . When he entered public life , the House of Lords was a very small and a very decorous assembly . The minority to which he belonged was scarcely able to muster five or six votes on the ...
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