Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 46
... things , the Spaniard still thought as a child and understood as a child . Among the men of the seventeenth century , he was the man of the fifteenth century or of a still darker period , delighted to behold an Auto da fé , and ready to ...
... things , the Spaniard still thought as a child and understood as a child . Among the men of the seventeenth century , he was the man of the fifteenth century or of a still darker period , delighted to behold an Auto da fé , and ready to ...
Page 53
... thing else . The partisans of the House of Bourbon took advantage of the negli- gence of the administration . On a sudden the supply of food failed . Exorbitant prices were demanded . The people rose . The royal residence was surrounded ...
... thing else . The partisans of the House of Bourbon took advantage of the negli- gence of the administration . On a sudden the supply of food failed . Exorbitant prices were demanded . The people rose . The royal residence was surrounded ...
Page 59
... thing in England was going on as Louis could have wished . The leaders of the Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpopu- lar on account of the unfortunate issue of the Parti- tion Treaty . The Tories , some of whom ...
... thing in England was going on as Louis could have wished . The leaders of the Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpopu- lar on account of the unfortunate issue of the Parti- tion Treaty . The Tories , some of whom ...
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... thing that he did , in his campaigns , in his negotia- tions , in his familiar correspondence , in his lightest and most unstudied conversation . He was a kind friend , a generous enemy , and in deportment a thorough gentleman . But his ...
... thing that he did , in his campaigns , in his negotia- tions , in his familiar correspondence , in his lightest and most unstudied conversation . He was a kind friend , a generous enemy , and in deportment a thorough gentleman . But his ...
Page 68
... things in his letters , but they would be rather too gay and wandering ; whereas , were Lord Boling- broke to write to an emperor , or to a statesman , he would fix on that point which was the most material , would set it in the ...
... things in his letters , but they would be rather too gay and wandering ; whereas , were Lord Boling- broke to write to an emperor , or to a statesman , he would fix on that point which was the most material , would set it in the ...
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