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... seemed to threaten ruin to all free governments and all Protestant churches . France and Eng- land , without seeking for any decent pretext , declared war against Holland . The immense armies of Lewis poured across the Rhine , and ...
... seemed to threaten ruin to all free governments and all Protestant churches . France and Eng- land , without seeking for any decent pretext , declared war against Holland . The immense armies of Lewis poured across the Rhine , and ...
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... seemed to go to and fro with him from side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of ...
... seemed to go to and fro with him from side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of ...
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... seemed light when compared with the crime of his accusers . The conduct of Sandwich in particular , excited universal disgust . His own vices were notorious ; and , only a fortnight before he laid the Essay on Woman before the House of ...
... seemed light when compared with the crime of his accusers . The conduct of Sandwich in particular , excited universal disgust . His own vices were notorious ; and , only a fortnight before he laid the Essay on Woman before the House of ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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