Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 pages |
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... Parliament , and had learned to look at public affairs with no thought of ambition or jealous self - seeking . This sort of training , supplemented by his discussions at college , where he soon became a vigorous politician , developed a ...
... Parliament , and had learned to look at public affairs with no thought of ambition or jealous self - seeking . This sort of training , supplemented by his discussions at college , where he soon became a vigorous politician , developed a ...
Page xiv
... 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 opportunity to represent Calne- " on the eve of the most momentous - conflict ...
... 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 opportunity to represent Calne- " on the eve of the most momentous - conflict ...
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... Parliament . Enter- ing with his whole soul into the thickest of the fight for reform , he made a speech on the ... parliamentary fame was highest , was so reduced that he sold the gold medals he had won at Cambridge , - though " he was ...
... Parliament . Enter- ing with his whole soul into the thickest of the fight for reform , he made a speech on the ... parliamentary fame was highest , was so reduced that he sold the gold medals he had won at Cambridge , - though " he was ...
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... Parliament ; but it is necessary to my happiness that I should possess , in Parliament or out of Parliament , the con- sciousness of having done what is right . " " " 1 To His appointment as Secretary to the Board of Control was a help ...
... Parliament ; but it is necessary to my happiness that I should possess , in Parliament or out of Parliament , the con- sciousness of having done what is right . " " " 1 To His appointment as Secretary to the Board of Control was a help ...
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... Parliament for Edinburgh . " Office was never , within my memory , so little attractive , " he writes , " and therefore , I fear , I cannot , as a man of spirit , flinch , if it is offered to me . " Without any show of reluctance he was ...
... Parliament for Edinburgh . " Office was never , within my memory , so little attractive , " he writes , " and therefore , I fear , I cannot , as a man of spirit , flinch , if it is offered to me . " Without any show of reluctance he was ...
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Page 84 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page 85 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance,l one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 45 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Page 86 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
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Page 83 - An author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue;' and Numbers 44 and 100, by Mrs.
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