Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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Page 57
... turned Puritans ; Puritans turned Atheists ; republicans defending the divine right of kings ; prostitute courtiers clamour- ing for the liberties of the people ; judges inflaming the rage of mobs ; patriots pocketing bribes from ...
... turned Puritans ; Puritans turned Atheists ; republicans defending the divine right of kings ; prostitute courtiers clamour- ing for the liberties of the people ; judges inflaming the rage of mobs ; patriots pocketing bribes from ...
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... turned gamblers , when a thousand kindred bubbles were daily blown into existence , the periwig - company , and the Spanish - jackass- company , and the quicksilver - fixation - company , Walpole's calm good sense preserved him from the ...
... turned gamblers , when a thousand kindred bubbles were daily blown into existence , the periwig - company , and the Spanish - jackass- company , and the quicksilver - fixation - company , Walpole's calm good sense preserved him from the ...
Page 406
... turned dema- gogues ; the successors of the old Roundheads had turned courtiers . Yet was it long before their mutual animosity began to abate ; for it is the nature of parties to retain their original enmities far more firmly than ...
... turned dema- gogues ; the successors of the old Roundheads had turned courtiers . Yet was it long before their mutual animosity began to abate ; for it is the nature of parties to retain their original enmities far more firmly than ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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