Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... authority for an expression . He declared that he would use no word which was not to be found in Dryden . In any other person we should have called this solicitude mere foppery ; and , in spite of all our admiration for Mr. Fox , we ...
... authority for an expression . He declared that he would use no word which was not to be found in Dryden . In any other person we should have called this solicitude mere foppery ; and , in spite of all our admiration for Mr. Fox , we ...
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... authority of the law , or showed his ingenuity by refining away its enactments . On every occasion he showed himself firm where principles were in question , but full of charity towards individuals . We have no hesitation in pronouncing ...
... authority of the law , or showed his ingenuity by refining away its enactments . On every occasion he showed himself firm where principles were in question , but full of charity towards individuals . We have no hesitation in pronouncing ...
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... authority of governments . He , like almost every honest and enlightened man , was discouraged and per- plexed by the terrible events which followed . Yet he never , in the most gloomy times , abandoned the cause of liberty , and of ...
... authority of governments . He , like almost every honest and enlightened man , was discouraged and per- plexed by the terrible events which followed . Yet he never , in the most gloomy times , abandoned the cause of liberty , and of ...
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... authority , the estates of the Peers would have been as much at his mercy as those of the mer- chants or the farmers . If he had obtained the power of imprisoning his subjects at his pleasure , a peer ran far greater risk of incurring ...
... authority , the estates of the Peers would have been as much at his mercy as those of the mer- chants or the farmers . If he had obtained the power of imprisoning his subjects at his pleasure , a peer ran far greater risk of incurring ...
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... authority of the Church of Rome . The characters of some of the accused persons stood high ; but so did that of Anthony Babington , and of Everard Digby . Those who suffered denied their guilt to the last ; but no person versed in ...
... authority of the Church of Rome . The characters of some of the accused persons stood high ; but so did that of Anthony Babington , and of Everard Digby . Those who suffered denied their guilt to the last ; but no person versed in ...
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