Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 55
... followed the Restoration peculiarly require that unsparing impartiality which is his most distinguishing virtue . No part of our history , during the last three centuries , presents a spectacle of such general dreari- ness . The whole ...
... followed the Restoration peculiarly require that unsparing impartiality which is his most distinguishing virtue . No part of our history , during the last three centuries , presents a spectacle of such general dreari- ness . The whole ...
Page 63
... followed by the same consequences . The Republicans in every part of Europe were eager to see the armies of the National Convention and the Directory appear among them , and exalted in defeats which distressed and humbled those whom ...
... followed by the same consequences . The Republicans in every part of Europe were eager to see the armies of the National Convention and the Directory appear among them , and exalted in defeats which distressed and humbled those whom ...
Page 425
... followed Pitt's retirement raised his fame higher than ever . War with Spain proved to be , as he had predicted , inevitable . News came from the West Indies that Martinique had been taken by an expedition which he had sent forth ...
... followed Pitt's retirement raised his fame higher than ever . War with Spain proved to be , as he had predicted , inevitable . News came from the West Indies that Martinique had been taken by an expedition which he had sent forth ...
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