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Page 118
... liberty , though liberty would to him have been life , by recognising the authority which had confined him . In consequence of the representations of his physicians , the severity of restraint was somewhat relaxed . But it was in vain ...
... liberty , though liberty would to him have been life , by recognising the authority which had confined him . In consequence of the representations of his physicians , the severity of restraint was somewhat relaxed . But it was in vain ...
Page 183
... liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt who fairly com- pares the events of the Protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it , the darkest and most disgraceful in the ...
... liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt who fairly com- pares the events of the Protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it , the darkest and most disgraceful in the ...
Page 374
... liberty naturally excites in young and ardent minds . They conceived that the theory of the Tory Opposi- tion and the practice of Walpole's Government were alike inconsistent with the principles of liberty . They accordingly repaired to ...
... liberty naturally excites in young and ardent minds . They conceived that the theory of the Tory Opposi- tion and the practice of Walpole's Government were alike inconsistent with the principles of liberty . They accordingly repaired to ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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