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... admiration for the " human wisdom " of the policy and tactics of Rome . Profoundly admiring the middle classes who rose to unquestioned pre - eminence in England in the seventeenth century and who still retained it without challenge ...
... admiration for the " human wisdom " of the policy and tactics of Rome . Profoundly admiring the middle classes who rose to unquestioned pre - eminence in England in the seventeenth century and who still retained it without challenge ...
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... admired in the flower - beds of Haarlem and the Hague . A beautiful rivulet , flowing from the hills of Surrey , bounded the domain . But a straight canal which , bordered by a terrace , intersected the garden , was probably more admired ...
... admired in the flower - beds of Haarlem and the Hague . A beautiful rivulet , flowing from the hills of Surrey , bounded the domain . But a straight canal which , bordered by a terrace , intersected the garden , was probably more admired ...
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... admiration and affection in a still more marked manner . Soon after his resignation came the Lord Mayor's day . The King and the royal family dined at Guildhall . Pitt was one of the guests . The young Sovereign , seated by his bride in ...
... admiration and affection in a still more marked manner . Soon after his resignation came the Lord Mayor's day . The King and the royal family dined at Guildhall . Pitt was one of the guests . The young Sovereign , seated by his bride in ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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