| 1849 - 700 páginas
...century may not unaptly be compared. Sterile and obicure as is that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our...islanders not merely in geographical position, but in thcir politics, thcir feelings, and thcir manners. Then first appeared with distinctness that constitution... | |
| 1849 - 442 páginas
...aversion such as has scarcely ever existed between communities separated by physical barriers. Here it is that we must seek for the origin of our freedom,...those peculiarities which it has ever since retained. .... Then first appeared with distinctness that constitution which has ever since, through all changes,... | |
| 1884 - 964 páginas
...liberty nicht passen.) — Sterile and obscure äs is that portion of our an n als, it is tbere that \ve must seek for the origin of our freedom, our prosperity, and our glory. (Macaulay.) — What is an Englishman? Is he to be trampled upon by every oppressor? Is he to be knocked... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 556 páginas
...century may not unaptly be compared. Sterile and obscure as is that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our...great English people was formed, that the •'national character4iegan to exhibit those peculiarities which it has ever since retained, and that our fathers... | |
| Graduated series - 1859 - 462 páginas
...century may not unaptly be compared. Sterile and obscure as is that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our...retained, and that our fathers became emphatically islanderSj — islanders not merely in geographical position, but in their politics, their feelings,... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 páginas
...may not unaptly be compared. 12 Sterile and obscure as is ls that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our...great English people was formed, that the national charac1 of his dying, en — 8 at shall not, et n'en recueillera 1 Question, sujet— 2 not, n'y est... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 1052 páginas
...Sterile and obscure as is that portion of ov> annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin o! our freedom, our prosperity, and our glory. Then it...retained, and that our fathers became emphatically islander^ ; islanders not merely in geographical position, but in their politics, their feelings, and... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 224 páginas
...century may not inaptly he compared. Sterile and ohscure as is that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our prosperity, and our glory." [And after tracing from this period the rise and progress of the constitution, the laws, and the navy,... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 páginas
...century may not unaptly be compared.3 Sterile and obscure as is4 that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our prosperity, and our glory. Then it was 5 that the great English people was formed, that the national character began to exhibit those peculiarities... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1863 - 272 páginas
...century may not inaptly be compared. Sterile and obscure as is that portion of our annals, it is there that we must seek for the origin of our freedom, our prosperity, and our glory." [And after tracing from this period the rise and progress of the constitution, the laws, and the navy,... | |
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