Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... truth 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 Elizabeth were not less ample ...
... truth 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 Elizabeth were not less ample ...
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... truth is , that the people were not dis- posed to engage in a struggle either for the new or for the old doctrines . Abundance of spirit was shown when it seemed likely that Mary would resume her father's grants of church property , or ...
... truth is , that the people were not dis- posed to engage in a struggle either for the new or for the old doctrines . Abundance of spirit was shown when it seemed likely that Mary would resume her father's grants of church property , or ...
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... truth . We believe that the people , whose minds were made up on either side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a few enterprising champions , and a few stout ...
... truth . We believe that the people , whose minds were made up on either side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a few enterprising champions , and a few stout ...
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... truth , the last of the knights - errant , brave to temerity , liberal to profusion , courteous in his dealings with enemies , the protector of the op- pressed , the adorer of women . His virtues and vices were those of the Round Table ...
... truth , the last of the knights - errant , brave to temerity , liberal to profusion , courteous in his dealings with enemies , the protector of the op- pressed , the adorer of women . His virtues and vices were those of the Round Table ...
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... truths which are familiar to the men of the nineteenth century . But they were , what the reformers of the Church were before them , and what the reformers of the House of Commons have been since , the leaders of their species in a ...
... truths which are familiar to the men of the nineteenth century . But they were , what the reformers of the Church were before them , and what the reformers of the House of Commons have been since , the leaders of their species in a ...
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