Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... he has not the faintest notion . There is neither foreground nor background in his delineation . The wars of Charles the Fifth in Germany are detailed at almost as much length as in Robertson's life of 2 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... he has not the faintest notion . There is neither foreground nor background in his delineation . The wars of Charles the Fifth in Germany are detailed at almost as much length as in Robertson's life of 2 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... Charles the Fifth obtained the imperial crown . In the year in which Burleigh died , the vast designs which had , during near a century , kept Europe in constant agitation , were buried in the same grave with the proud and sullen Philip ...
... Charles the Fifth obtained the imperial crown . In the year in which Burleigh died , the vast designs which had , during near a century , kept Europe in constant agitation , were buried in the same grave with the proud and sullen Philip ...
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... in the theatre at any time during the reign of Charles the Second . They were clearly not written by a zealous Protestant , or for zealous Protestants . Yet the author of King John and Henry the Eighth 28 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... in the theatre at any time during the reign of Charles the Second . They were clearly not written by a zealous Protestant , or for zealous Protestants . Yet the author of King John and Henry the Eighth 28 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... Charles the First had been in her place when the whole nation was crying out against the monopolies , he would have refused all redress . He would have dis- solved the Parliament , and imprisoned the most popular members . He would have ...
... Charles the First had been in her place when the whole nation was crying out against the monopolies , he would have refused all redress . He would have dis- solved the Parliament , and imprisoned the most popular members . He would have ...
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... Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and the Commons sent him in return the Grand Re- monstrance . We had intended to say something concerning that illustrious group of which Elizabeth is the ...
... Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and the Commons sent him in return the Grand Re- monstrance . We had intended to say something concerning that illustrious group of which Elizabeth is the ...
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