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" It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind of England has soAened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the... "
The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany - Page 258
1849
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 90

1849 - 604 pages
...(says Mr. Macaulay, i. 424.) 'that ' the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened J ' and that we have, in the course of ages, become not...does not contain some proof that our ancestors were c less humane than their posterity. The discipline of workshops, ' of schools, of private families,...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 464 pages
...refined and accomplished man. It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course...The discipline of workshops, of schools, of private fami• The deaths were 23,222. — Petty's Political Arithmetic. VOL. I.— 37 2 B lies, though not...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...refined and accomplished man. It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course...The discipline of workshops, of schools, of private fami• The deaths were 23,22:.'.— Prtty's Political Arithmetic. VoL. I.— 37 2 B lies, though not...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 pages
...refined and accomplished man. It is pleasing to /' reflect that the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course...literature of the seventeenth century which does not r contain some proof that our ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The discipline of workshops,...
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The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...refined and accomplished man. It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course...wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely s page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which does not contain some...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 26

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 pages
...XXX. THE WRIT DE LUNÁTICO. " It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind '>f England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have in the course...become not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. The more we study the annals of the past, the more shall we rejoice that we live in a merciful age,...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 850 pages
...refined and accomplished man. It is pleasing to reflect that the public mind of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we have, in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also n kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 46

1849 - 542 pages
...sum up the moral inferences of the author. of England has softened while it has ripened, and that we in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. Thoae is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which docs...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 556 pages
...has ripened, and that we have, iirffie course ofL^ages, become, not only a wiser, "bul also a kind r people.] There is scarcely a page "of the history...ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The disci• pline of workshops, of schools, of private families, though not more efficient than at present,...
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The New Churchman: Devoted to the Exposition and Defence of the ..., Volume 1

1855 - 228 pages
...at hand. Swedeuborg in 1750. Aveana Ctelcetia, nos. 2121 and 2123. kinder people. There is seareely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which docs not contain some proof that our aneestors were less humane than their posterity. The diseipline...
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