Maxioms by Thomas Babington Macaulay
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not read more
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen
were not seamen.
His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.
His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
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And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?