Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 71
... succession , and the imposition of hands , had becn imparted to them by the very logical process of putting the legs of the students into wooden boots , and driving two or more wedges between their knees ; that a course of divinity ...
... succession , and the imposition of hands , had becn imparted to them by the very logical process of putting the legs of the students into wooden boots , and driving two or more wedges between their knees ; that a course of divinity ...
Page 73
... succession , as we turn over that huge chronicle of the shame of England . The magistrates of Paris and Toulouse were blinded by pre- judice , passion , or bigotry . But the abandoned judges of our own country committed murder with ...
... succession , as we turn over that huge chronicle of the shame of England . The magistrates of Paris and Toulouse were blinded by pre- judice , passion , or bigotry . But the abandoned judges of our own country committed murder with ...
Page 86
... succession . George II . was the steady ally of Maria Theresa . The house of Bourbon took the opposite side . Though England was even then the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a match on the ...
... succession . George II . was the steady ally of Maria Theresa . The house of Bourbon took the opposite side . Though England was even then the first of maritime powers , she was not , as she has since become , more than a match on the ...
Page 99
... succession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three desperate onsets , the besiegers retired behind the ditch . The struggle lasted about an hour . Four hundred of the assailants fell . The garrison ...
... succession of loaded muskets , and every shot told on the living mass below . After three desperate onsets , the besiegers retired behind the ditch . The struggle lasted about an hour . Four hundred of the assailants fell . The garrison ...
Page 135
... succession of commanders formed in the school of Clive , still maintained the fame of their country . " It must be acknowledged , " says the Mussulman historian of those times , " that this nation's presence of mind , firmness of temper ...
... succession of commanders formed in the school of Clive , still maintained the fame of their country . " It must be acknowledged , " says the Mussulman historian of those times , " that this nation's presence of mind , firmness of temper ...
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