 The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which had been inflicted on the English nation in a quarter...  Speeches and Addresses, 1884-1909 - Page 80by Henry Cabot Lodge - 1909 - 462 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1855 - 704 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...Ministers, bad Parliaments and bad Judges, was equal to the miser}' caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 860 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...century by bad Kings, bad Ministers, bad Parliaments * Lowndes's Essay for the A mend- shire Quaker were printed a few ment of the Silver Coins, I6p5. years... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 814 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence are not always those... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - 1858 - 626 pages
...loosens the whole framework of the community. Lord Macaulay says with not greater point than truth, " it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings."* Hist, of England. Vol. IT. p. 625. 2. At the time of William the Conqueror, the measure of value was... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 908 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence are not always those... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 502 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence are not always those... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - 1858 - 636 pages
...community. Lord Macaulay says with not greater point than truth, " it may well be doubted whether all tlie misery which had been inflicted on the English nation...by bad kings, bad ministers, bad parliaments, and had judges, was equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings."* Hint,... | |
 | Charles William Jones - 1859 - 120 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence are not always those... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 574 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence are not always those... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 496 pages
...currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...the English nation in a quarter of a century by bad Kingjs, bad Ministers, bad Parliaments, and bad Judges, was equal to the misery caused in a single... | |
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