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emryrean heaven, And of this world. Milton. On the confines of the city and the Temple. Macaulay.

an] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.

erned Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

vated by powerful connection. Motley. At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay. Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay. In this connection, in connection with this subject.

overnment thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay.

To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.

. Dryden. Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay.

ief or professions. It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. Macaulay.

s a conspicuous place in the political, eccesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.

termed his constituents. Abbot. To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. Macaulay.

n to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. Macaulay.

ernment; as, a constitutional risis. The anient constitutional traditions of the state. Macaulay.

ue them to acknowledge that [such] an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament. Macaulay.

steement mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. Criminal contempt of public feeling. Macaulay. Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. Addison.

ful. A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond. Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews. Atterbury.

debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay.

another. Hallam. It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. Macaulay.

adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Hallam.

r succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay.

ruction; transgression; violation. Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay. In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley.