Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... interests of the state , and great attention also to the interest of his own family . He never deserted his friends till it was very inconvenient to stand by them , was an excel- lent Protestant when it was not very advantageous to be a ...
... interests of the state , and great attention also to the interest of his own family . He never deserted his friends till it was very inconvenient to stand by them , was an excel- lent Protestant when it was not very advantageous to be a ...
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... interests of Eng land to the husband whom she regarded with unmerited tenderness . That queen found that it would be madness to attempt the restoration of the abbey lands . She found that her subjects would never suffer her to make her ...
... interests of Eng land to the husband whom she regarded with unmerited tenderness . That queen found that it would be madness to attempt the restoration of the abbey lands . She found that her subjects would never suffer her to make her ...
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... interest opposed to hers , as a party to which she was to grant as few advantages as possible , and from which she was to extort as much money as possible . Her benefits were given , not sold ; and , when once given , they were never ...
... interest opposed to hers , as a party to which she was to grant as few advantages as possible , and from which she was to extort as much money as possible . Her benefits were given , not sold ; and , when once given , they were never ...
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... interests ; but he had struck their imaginations . The very things which ought to have made him most unpopular , the prodigies of luxury and magnificence with which his person was surrounded , while , beyond the inclosure of his parks ...
... interests ; but he had struck their imaginations . The very things which ought to have made him most unpopular , the prodigies of luxury and magnificence with which his person was surrounded , while , beyond the inclosure of his parks ...
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... interests were staked on the life of the Duke of Burgundy ! and how different an aspect might the history of France have borne if he had attained the age of his grandfather or of his son ; -if he had been permitted to show how much ...
... interests were staked on the life of the Duke of Burgundy ! and how different an aspect might the history of France have borne if he had attained the age of his grandfather or of his son ; -if he had been permitted to show how much ...
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