Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page 8
... received great advantage from the Legate's protection . But the best protection of Cecil , during the gloomy and disastrous reign of Mary , was that which he de- rived from his own prudence and from his own temper , a prudence which ...
... received great advantage from the Legate's protection . But the best protection of Cecil , during the gloomy and disastrous reign of Mary , was that which he de- rived from his own prudence and from his own temper , a prudence which ...
Page 35
... received a large supply in return for this concession ; and within half a year new patents , more oppressive than those which had been cancelled , would have been issued by scores . Such was the policy which brought the heir of a long ...
... received a large supply in return for this concession ; and within half a year new patents , more oppressive than those which had been cancelled , would have been issued by scores . Such was the policy which brought the heir of a long ...
Page 52
... received ! The judges would have lost their heads , or would have been sent to die in some unwholesome colony . The fate of the victim whom they had endeavoured to save would only have been made darker and more hopeless by their ...
... received ! The judges would have lost their heads , or would have been sent to die in some unwholesome colony . The fate of the victim whom they had endeavoured to save would only have been made darker and more hopeless by their ...
Page 53
... received is alone sufficient to show how widely the French of this generation differ from their fathers . And how is the difference to be explained ? The race , the soil , the climate are the same . If those dull , honest Englishmen ...
... received is alone sufficient to show how widely the French of this generation differ from their fathers . And how is the difference to be explained ? The race , the soil , the climate are the same . If those dull , honest Englishmen ...
Page 79
... received and dis- tributed by her . During many years of war , her com- merce was interrupted only by the predatory enter- prises of a few roving privateers . Even after the de- feat of the Armada , English statesmen continued to look ...
... received and dis- tributed by her . During many years of war , her com- merce was interrupted only by the predatory enter- prises of a few roving privateers . Even after the de- feat of the Armada , English statesmen continued to look ...
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