Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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Page 117
... mind , would be found no ward if you should die to - morrow , yet it is a great hazard , methinks , to see so sweet a disposition guarded with no more , amongst a people whereof many make it their religion to be superstitious in impiety ...
... mind , would be found no ward if you should die to - morrow , yet it is a great hazard , methinks , to see so sweet a disposition guarded with no more , amongst a people whereof many make it their religion to be superstitious in impiety ...
Page 331
... mind . On this , as on other occasions , Lord Dover performed his part diligently , judiciously , and without the slightest ostentation . He had two merits which are rarely found together in a commentator , he was content to be merely a ...
... mind . On this , as on other occasions , Lord Dover performed his part diligently , judiciously , and without the slightest ostentation . He had two merits which are rarely found together in a commentator , he was content to be merely a ...
Page 407
... mind is partly to be ascribed to the unjust violence with which the administration of Walpole had been assailed . In the body politic , as in the natural body , morbid languor generally succeeds morbid excitement . The people had been ...
... mind is partly to be ascribed to the unjust violence with which the administration of Walpole had been assailed . In the body politic , as in the natural body , morbid languor generally succeeds morbid excitement . The people had been ...
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ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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