Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... and his Times War of the Succession in Spain Horace Walpole · William Pitt , Earl of Chatham Sir James Mackintosh Lord Bacon / Gladstone on Church and State Sir William Temple Page 1 · 35 98 · 146 200 280 · 430 504 HOTHER * K. WIEN.
... and his Times War of the Succession in Spain Horace Walpole · William Pitt , Earl of Chatham Sir James Mackintosh Lord Bacon / Gladstone on Church and State Sir William Temple Page 1 · 35 98 · 146 200 280 · 430 504 HOTHER * K. WIEN.
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... Walpole was more than retaliated . Harley and Prior were thrown into prison ; Boling- broke and Ormond were compelled to take refuge in a foreign land . The wounds inflicted in this des- perate conflict continued to rankle for many ...
... Walpole was more than retaliated . Harley and Prior were thrown into prison ; Boling- broke and Ormond were compelled to take refuge in a foreign land . The wounds inflicted in this des- perate conflict continued to rankle for many ...
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... Walpole , Earl of Orford , to Sir Horace Mann , British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany . Now first published from the ... Walpole's head and heart are indeed sufficiently glaring . His writings , it is true , rank as high among the ...
... Walpole , Earl of Orford , to Sir Horace Mann , British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany . Now first published from the ... Walpole's head and heart are indeed sufficiently glaring . His writings , it is true , rank as high among the ...
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... Walpole . He was , unless we have formed a very erroneous judgment of his character , the most eccentric , the most ... WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN . 99.
... Walpole . He was , unless we have formed a very erroneous judgment of his character , the most eccentric , the most ... WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN . 99.
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... Walpole busied himself , in the fine arts , in literature , in public affairs , he was drawn by some strange attraction from the great to the little , and from the useful to the odd . The poli- tics in which he took the keenest interest ...
... Walpole busied himself , in the fine arts , in literature , in public affairs , he was drawn by some strange attraction from the great to the little , and from the useful to the odd . The poli- tics in which he took the keenest interest ...
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