Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. AUTHORISED EDITIONS . HISTORY of ENGLAND , from the ACCESSION of JAMES the SECOND : - : - Popular Edition , 2 vols . crown 8vo . 5s . Student's Edition , 2 vols . crown 8vo . 12s . People's ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. AUTHORISED EDITIONS . HISTORY of ENGLAND , from the ACCESSION of JAMES the SECOND : - : - Popular Edition , 2 vols . crown 8vo . 5s . Student's Edition , 2 vols . crown 8vo . 12s . People's ...
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... England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth . Containing an Historical View of the Times in which he lived , and of the many eminent and illustrious Persons with whom he was connected ; with Extracts from his Private and Official ...
... England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth . Containing an Historical View of the Times in which he lived , and of the many eminent and illustrious Persons with whom he was connected ; with Extracts from his Private and Official ...
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... England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and extraordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or ...
... England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and extraordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or ...
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... England like that fierce and bloody opposition which , in France , each of the religious factions in its turn offered to the government . We had neither a Coligny nor a Mayenne , neither a Moncontour nor an Ivry . No English city braved ...
... England like that fierce and bloody opposition which , in France , each of the religious factions in its turn offered to the government . We had neither a Coligny nor a Mayenne , neither a Moncontour nor an Ivry . No English city braved ...
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... England , commanded by the merchants and esquires of England . Thus , when intelligence arrived of the vast prepara- tions which Philip was making for the subjugation of the realm , the first person to whom the government thought of ...
... England , commanded by the merchants and esquires of England . Thus , when intelligence arrived of the vast prepara- tions which Philip was making for the subjugation of the realm , the first person to whom the government thought of ...
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