Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 - 1338 pages |
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... spirit is that of the bench , not that of the bar . He sums up with a calm , steady impartiality , turning neither to the right nor to the left , glossing over nothing , exaggerating nothing , while the advocates on both sides are ...
... spirit is that of the bench , not that of the bar . He sums up with a calm , steady impartiality , turning neither to the right nor to the left , glossing over nothing , exaggerating nothing , while the advocates on both sides are ...
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... spirit of the Gospel . On the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sidney on the scaffold is enthusiastically toasted by many an honest radical who would be puzzled to explain the difference between Ship ...
... spirit of the Gospel . On the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sidney on the scaffold is enthusiastically toasted by many an honest radical who would be puzzled to explain the difference between Ship ...
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... spirit , or caprice . We should probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , instead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the ...
... spirit , or caprice . We should probably like Mr. Hallam's book more if , instead of pointing out with strict fidelity the bright points and the dark spots of both parties , he had exerted himself to whitewash the one and to blacken the ...
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... spirit of liberty grew with the growing wealth and intelligence of the people . The feeble struggles and insults of James irritated instead of suppressing it ; and the events which immediately followed the accession of his son portended ...
... spirit of liberty grew with the growing wealth and intelligence of the people . The feeble struggles and insults of James irritated instead of suppressing it ; and the events which immediately followed the accession of his son portended ...
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... spirit as by power and splendour , and may at the present moment boast of members with whom Say and Hampden would have been proud to act . It is somewhat curious that the admirers of Strafford should also be , without a single exception ...
... spirit as by power and splendour , and may at the present moment boast of members with whom Say and Hampden would have been proud to act . It is somewhat curious that the admirers of Strafford should also be , without a single exception ...
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