Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of our Constitution were laid ; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations living under strange stars,... The Fortnightly - Página 5081876Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 páginas
...the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of the constitution were laid ; or far away, over boundless...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| 1842 - 654 páginas
...through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of the constitution were laid ; or fai away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 páginas
...the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of the constitution were laid; or far away, over boundless...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 páginas
...the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of the constitution were laid ; or far away, over boundless...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the PJantagenets,... | |
| 1850 - 612 páginas
...hour — the noble Burke ; and himself to sit in judgment over those nations, " living under atnnge 'stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters, ' from right to left," among whom the orator was transporting his audience. Little could Sir James have thought, that he would... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 536 páginas
...advantage that could be derived both from co-operation and from contrast. Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward through many troubled...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 páginas
...the constitution were laid ; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations of India, living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods,...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 páginas
...the constitution were laid ; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations of India, living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods,...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 480 páginas
...co-operation and from contrast. Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward through mnny troubled centuries to the days when the foundations...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plautagenets,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 páginas
...advantage that could be derived both from co-operation and from contrast. Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward, through many troubled...writing strange characters from right to left. The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets,... | |
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