| 1849 - Liczba stron: 604
...barbarism to the highest ' degrees 01 opulence and civilisation. But, if we resolutely ' chase the mirage backward, we shall find it recede before us ' into...destitute of comforts, the want of which would be in' tolerable to a modern footman, when farmers and shopkeepers ' breakfasted on loaves the very sight... | |
| 1887 - Liczba stron: 610
...Macaulay, writing thirty years ago, men placed the ' golden age of this country in the days of Charles II., in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts...loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died in the purest country air faster than they now do in the most pestilential... | |
| 1850 - Liczba stron: 676
...market with a halter about her neck and sold her for 5s. ?" " It is now the fashion" says Macaulay, " to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen...loaves, the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse — when men died faster in the purest country air than they now do in the most pestilential... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - Liczba stron: 678
...market with a halter about her neck and sold her for 5s. ?" " It is now the fashion" says Macaulay, " to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen...loaves, the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse — when men died faster in the purest country air than they now do in the most pestilential... | |
| Liczba stron: 640
...discontented with their waged. These are among their first endeavours." ENGLAND AS IT WILL BE. IT la now the fashion to place the golden age of England...farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the very eight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse ; and when men died faster in the purest country... | |
| 1887 - Liczba stron: 890
...faith and praise, are, if we may trust Macaulay, the follies of the sentimentalist. In those ages " noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern footman, farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern... | |
| 1849 - Liczba stron: 542
...barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization. But if we resolutely chase the mirage backward, we shall find it recede before us into the...loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died faster in the purest country air than they now die in the most pestilential... | |
| 1849 - Liczba stron: 546
...barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization. But if we resolutely chase the mirage backward, we shall find it recede before us into the...loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died faster in the purest country air than they now die in the most pestilential... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Liczba stron: 470
...barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilisation. But, if we resolutely chase the mirage backward, we shall find it recede before us into the...loaves the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died faster in the purest country air than they now die in the most pestilential... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Liczba stron: 560
...barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization. But, if we resolutely chase the mirage backward, we shall find it recede before us into the...loaves, the very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died faster in the purest country air than they now die in the most pestilential... | |
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