Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... course of that miserable intrigue which was carried on round the dying bed of Edward the Sixth , Cecil so bemeaned himself as to avoid , first , the displeasure of Northumberland , and afterwards the displeasure of Mary . He was ...
... course of that miserable intrigue which was carried on round the dying bed of Edward the Sixth , Cecil so bemeaned himself as to avoid , first , the displeasure of Northumberland , and afterwards the displeasure of Mary . He was ...
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... course , he was safe . But here every course was full of danger . His situation rendered it impossible for him to be neu- tral . If he acted on either side , if he refused to act at all , he ran a fearful risk . He saw all the ...
... course , he was safe . But here every course was full of danger . His situation rendered it impossible for him to be neu- tral . If he acted on either side , if he refused to act at all , he ran a fearful risk . He saw all the ...
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... course , a persecuting church . Edward persecuted Catholics . Mary persecuted Protestants . Elizabeth persecuted Catholics again . The father of those three sovereigns had enjoyed the pleasure of persecuting both sects at once , and had ...
... course , a persecuting church . Edward persecuted Catholics . Mary persecuted Protestants . Elizabeth persecuted Catholics again . The father of those three sovereigns had enjoyed the pleasure of persecuting both sects at once , and had ...
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... course . When Henry the Eighth attempted to raise a forced loan of un- usual amount by proceedings of unusual rigour , the opposition which he encountered was such as appalled even his stubborn and imperious spirit . The people , we are ...
... course . When Henry the Eighth attempted to raise a forced loan of un- usual amount by proceedings of unusual rigour , the opposition which he encountered was such as appalled even his stubborn and imperious spirit . The people , we are ...
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... course among us , that many of our readers will scarcely under- stand what we see to admire in it . is this feeling , — To what are we to attribute the unparalleled moder- ation and humanity which the English people have dis- played at ...
... course among us , that many of our readers will scarcely under- stand what we see to admire in it . is this feeling , — To what are we to attribute the unparalleled moder- ation and humanity which the English people have dis- played at ...
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