Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... court herein , and privately advanced his right- ful intentions against the foresaid duke's ambition . " This was undoubtedly the most perilous conjuncture of Cecil's life . Wherever there was a safe course , he was safe . But here ...
... court herein , and privately advanced his right- ful intentions against the foresaid duke's ambition . " This was undoubtedly the most perilous conjuncture of Cecil's life . Wherever there was a safe course , he was safe . But here ...
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... Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil rose at once to ...
... Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil rose at once to ...
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... court were cruelly mutilated , like Stubbs , or put to death , like Penry . Nonconformity was severely punished . The Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and discipline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to ...
... court were cruelly mutilated , like Stubbs , or put to death , like Penry . Nonconformity was severely punished . The Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and discipline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to ...
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... courts of law . Yet they could safely indulge in the wildest freaks of cruelty and rapacity , while their legions ... court the public favour . To enjoy all the state and all the personal indulgences of absolute power , to be adored ...
... courts of law . Yet they could safely indulge in the wildest freaks of cruelty and rapacity , while their legions ... court the public favour . To enjoy all the state and all the personal indulgences of absolute power , to be adored ...
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... courts of law , in which the courts of law remained victorious . One of the bishops , on that occasion , declared that the common people entertained the strongest prejudices against his order , and that a clergyman had no chance of fair ...
... courts of law , in which the courts of law remained victorious . One of the bishops , on that occasion , declared that the common people entertained the strongest prejudices against his order , and that a clergyman had no chance of fair ...
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