Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 pages |
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... becoming more and more interested in public affairs and longed to be in Parliament . In 1830 Lord Lansdowne , who had been much impressed by Macaulay's articles on Mill , and by his high moral and private character , gave him the ...
... becoming more and more interested in public affairs and longed to be in Parliament . In 1830 Lord Lansdowne , who had been much impressed by Macaulay's articles on Mill , and by his high moral and private character , gave him the ...
Page xxi
... become Professor of Modern History at Cambridge in 1849. He was asked , but declined urging the plea that he was not a debater to join the Cabinet in 1852. The same year the people of Edinburgh , ashamed of their failure to reëlect him ...
... become Professor of Modern History at Cambridge in 1849. He was asked , but declined urging the plea that he was not a debater to join the Cabinet in 1852. The same year the people of Edinburgh , ashamed of their failure to reëlect him ...
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... become a Bachelor of Arts : 10 but he was at the end of his resources . Those promises of support on which he had relied had not been kept . His family could do nothing for him . His debts to Oxford trades- men were small indeed , yet ...
... become a Bachelor of Arts : 10 but he was at the end of his resources . Those promises of support on which he had relied had not been kept . His family could do nothing for him . His debts to Oxford trades- men were small indeed , yet ...
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... become a furious partisan when he could scarcely speak . Before he was three he had insisted on being taken to hear Sacheverell preach at Lichfield Cathe- dral , and had listened to the sermon with as much respect , and probably with as ...
... become a furious partisan when he could scarcely speak . Before he was three he had insisted on being taken to hear Sacheverell preach at Lichfield Cathe- dral , and had listened to the sermon with as much respect , and probably with as ...
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... become Secretary of State . He received Johnson's homage with the 5 most winning affability , and requited it with a few guineas , bestowed doubtless in a very graceful manner , but was by no means desirous to see all his carpets ...
... become Secretary of State . He received Johnson's homage with the 5 most winning affability , and requited it with a few guineas , bestowed doubtless in a very graceful manner , but was by no means desirous to see all his carpets ...
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