Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... enemy , and his parliamentary attendance , though he never made a speech , were of far more use to him than years of retirement and study would have been . If the time that he spent on parade and at mess in Hampshire , or on the ...
... enemy , and his parliamentary attendance , though he never made a speech , were of far more use to him than years of retirement and study would have been . If the time that he spent on parade and at mess in Hampshire , or on the ...
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... enemies of innovation , our race has hitherto been almost constantly advancing in knowledge , and not seeing any reason to believe that , precisely at the point of time at which we came into the world , a change took place in the ...
... enemies of innovation , our race has hitherto been almost constantly advancing in knowledge , and not seeing any reason to believe that , precisely at the point of time at which we came into the world , a change took place in the ...
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... the ephemeral government which followed his death , no foreign state ventured to treat her with contempt . Thus Charles came back , not as a mediator between a peo ple and a victorious enemy , but as a mediator MACKINTOSHI'S HISTORY . 43.
... the ephemeral government which followed his death , no foreign state ventured to treat her with contempt . Thus Charles came back , not as a mediator between a peo ple and a victorious enemy , but as a mediator MACKINTOSHI'S HISTORY . 43.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. ple and a victorious enemy , but as a mediator between internal factions . He was heir to the conquests and to the influence of the able usurper who had excluded him . The old government of ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. ple and a victorious enemy , but as a mediator between internal factions . He was heir to the conquests and to the influence of the able usurper who had excluded him . The old government of ...
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... enemies . From 1678 to 1681 , his enemies had played his game . They owed their power to his misgovernment . He owed the recovery of his power to their violence . The great body of the people came back to him after their estrangement ...
... enemies . From 1678 to 1681 , his enemies had played his game . They owed their power to his misgovernment . He owed the recovery of his power to their violence . The great body of the people came back to him after their estrangement ...
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