Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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... matter is much mended by the solemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . But We manage these things better in England . Sir Walter Scott gives us a novel ; Mr. Hallam a critical and argumenta ...
... matter is much mended by the solemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . But We manage these things better in England . Sir Walter Scott gives us a novel ; Mr. Hallam a critical and argumenta ...
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... matter affecting liberty and property , is insufficient in a matter affecting life . Nay , if a mode of proceeding be too lax for capital cases , it is , à fortiori , too lax for all others ; for in capital cases , the principles of ...
... matter affecting liberty and property , is insufficient in a matter affecting life . Nay , if a mode of proceeding be too lax for capital cases , it is , à fortiori , too lax for all others ; for in capital cases , the principles of ...
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... matter . No mass so vast and so combustible ever waited long for a spark . Rational men , we suppose , are now fully agreed that by far the greater part , if not the whole , of Oates's story was a pure fabrication . It is indeed highly ...
... matter . No mass so vast and so combustible ever waited long for a spark . Rational men , we suppose , are now fully agreed that by far the greater part , if not the whole , of Oates's story was a pure fabrication . It is indeed highly ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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