Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... English constitution , and con cerning most of the prominent characters and events in English history . They had thought much on the princi- ples of government ; but they were not mere speculators . They had ransacked the archives of ...
... English constitution , and con cerning most of the prominent characters and events in English history . They had thought much on the princi- ples of government ; but they were not mere speculators . They had ransacked the archives of ...
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... his judgments of men and of parties . Almost all the distinguished writers who have treated of English history are advocates . Mr # Hallam and Sir James Mackintosh are alone entitled to be 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... his judgments of men and of parties . Almost all the distinguished writers who have treated of English history are advocates . Mr # Hallam and Sir James Mackintosh are alone entitled to be 18 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... English literature , a fearless champion of English liberty , Thomas Burnet , Master of the Charter - House , and author of that most eloquent and imagi- native work , the Telluris Theoria Sacra . Wherever the name of this celebrated ...
... English literature , a fearless champion of English liberty , Thomas Burnet , Master of the Charter - House , and author of that most eloquent and imagi- native work , the Telluris Theoria Sacra . Wherever the name of this celebrated ...
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... English people and to the human -as a reform which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , - -as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not only throughout our own country , but in the cities of France and in ...
... English people and to the human -as a reform which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , - -as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not only throughout our own country , but in the cities of France and in ...
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... English race exists in any part of the globe , no member of the House of Commons ventured to whisper even the mildest censare of Jeffries . Edmund Waller , emboldened by his great age and his high reputa- tion , attacked the cruelty of ...
... English race exists in any part of the globe , no member of the House of Commons ventured to whisper even the mildest censare of Jeffries . Edmund Waller , emboldened by his great age and his high reputa- tion , attacked the cruelty of ...
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