Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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Page 63
... England during the seven- teenth century extinguished , not indeed in the body of the people , but in those classes which were most actively engaged in politics , almost all national feelings . Charles the Second and many of his ...
... England during the seven- teenth century extinguished , not indeed in the body of the people , but in those classes which were most actively engaged in politics , almost all national feelings . Charles the Second and many of his ...
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... England . The temper of the House of Commons made it necessary to remove him , or rather to require him to sell out ; for at that time the great offices of State were bought and sold as commissions in the army now are . Temple was ...
... England . The temper of the House of Commons made it necessary to remove him , or rather to require him to sell out ; for at that time the great offices of State were bought and sold as commissions in the army now are . Temple was ...
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... England is emphatically the history of progress . It is the history of a constant movement of the public mind , of a constant change in the institutions of a great society . We see that society , at the beginning of the twelfth century ...
... England is emphatically the history of progress . It is the history of a constant movement of the public mind , of a constant change in the institutions of a great society . We see that society , at the beginning of the twelfth century ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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