Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
The period of English political history which falls between Pitt's acceptance of office as prime minister, in 1783, and the passing of the Reform Bill, in 1832, is a period rich in character and event. The same period of fifty years is one of the most crowded epochs of our nat...
The period of English political history which falls between Pitt's acceptance of office as prime minister, in 1783, and the passing of the Reform Bill, in 1832, is a period rich...
2. Chapter 2History is larger than morality; and a wise man will not attempt to pass judgment on those who found themselves in so unparalleled a position. A new religion, claiming an author...
3. Chapter 3She goes into the world, and there she meets her death. The poem is not an allegory, but there is no mistaking the thought that generated it. The mirror and the web are the embl...
4. Chapter 4Their glittering tents they passed, and now is come Into the blissful field, through Groves of Myrrhe, And flowering Odours, Cassia, Nard, and Balme; A Wilderness of Sweets; for...
5. Chapter 5