Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page 24
... 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 hereditary kingdom a fief of Castile . On ...
... 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 hereditary kingdom a fief of Castile . On ...
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... was not a great blessing to mankind . But they have convinced us that very great indulgence is due to those who , while the Revolution was actually taking place , regarded it with unmixed aversion and horror 44 MIRABEAU .
... was not a great blessing to mankind . But they have convinced us that very great indulgence is due to those who , while the Revolution was actually taking place , regarded it with unmixed aversion and horror 44 MIRABEAU .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. taking place , regarded it with unmixed aversion and horror . We can perceive where their error lay . We can perceive that the evil was temporary , and the good durable . But we cannot be sure ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. taking place , regarded it with unmixed aversion and horror . We can perceive where their error lay . We can perceive that the evil was temporary , and the good durable . But we cannot be sure ...
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... regarded as its corruptions . In the very act of innovating they have constantly appealed to ancient prescription ; they have seldom looked abroad for mod- els ; they have seldom troubled themselves with Utopian theories ; they have not ...
... regarded as its corruptions . In the very act of innovating they have constantly appealed to ancient prescription ; they have seldom looked abroad for mod- els ; they have seldom troubled themselves with Utopian theories ; they have not ...
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... lingering public spirit of Italy . Lope sailed in the Armada ; Cervantes was wounded at Lepanto . It is curious to consider with how much awe our an- cestors in those times regarded a Spaniard . He was THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 81.
... lingering public spirit of Italy . Lope sailed in the Armada ; Cervantes was wounded at Lepanto . It is curious to consider with how much awe our an- cestors in those times regarded a Spaniard . He was THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 81.
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