If a man, such as we are supposing, should write the history of England, he would assuredly not omit the battles, the sieges, the negotiations, the seditions, the ministerial changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 65by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
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...way: At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of pieces of glass which had been rejected by his master....has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
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| 1890 - 340 pages
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