Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... seems , fond of practical jokes . Yet even out of these he contrived to extract some pecuniary profit . When he was study- ing the law at Gray's Inn , he lost all his furniture and books at the gaming table to one of his friends . He ...
... seems , fond of practical jokes . Yet even out of these he contrived to extract some pecuniary profit . When he was study- ing the law at Gray's Inn , he lost all his furniture and books at the gaming table to one of his friends . He ...
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... seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar government , under the forms of despotism . At first sight , it may seem that the prerogatives of Eliza- beth were not less ample than ...
... seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar government , under the forms of despotism . At first sight , it may seem that the prerogatives of Eliza- beth were not less ample than ...
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... seems , a way of holding himself , a way of walking , a way of swelling his chest and rear- ing his head , which deceived the eyes of the multitude . Eighty years after his death , the royal cemetery was violated by the revolutionists ...
... seems , a way of holding himself , a way of walking , a way of swelling his chest and rear- ing his head , which deceived the eyes of the multitude . Eighty years after his death , the royal cemetery was violated by the revolutionists ...
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... seems impossible to miss , that the many are not made for the use of one , that the truly good government is not ... seem trite to a modern reader . But , if we compare the spirit in which it is written with the spirit which pervades the ...
... seems impossible to miss , that the many are not made for the use of one , that the truly good government is not ... seem trite to a modern reader . But , if we compare the spirit in which it is written with the spirit which pervades the ...
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... seems rather to spring from fortune than to follow industry , are usually careless , unthrifty , and irregular in their expenditure . The example of Spain might tempt us to apply the same remark to states . " Lord Mahon would find it ...
... seems rather to spring from fortune than to follow industry , are usually careless , unthrifty , and irregular in their expenditure . The example of Spain might tempt us to apply the same remark to states . " Lord Mahon would find it ...
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