Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... believe , ever accused him of ido- latrous intentions . The very ground of the charge against him is that he had no idolatrous intentions . We never should have blamed him if he had really gone to Wimbledon Church , with the feelings of ...
... believe , ever accused him of ido- latrous intentions . The very ground of the charge against him is that he had no idolatrous intentions . We never should have blamed him if he had really gone to Wimbledon Church , with the feelings of ...
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... believe that this explosion , like that which preceded it , will fertilise the soil which it has devastated . Already , in those parts which have suffered most severely , rich culti- vation and secure dwellings have begun to appear ...
... believe that this explosion , like that which preceded it , will fertilise the soil which it has devastated . Already , in those parts which have suffered most severely , rich culti- vation and secure dwellings have begun to appear ...
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... believe , very small . We doubt , whether both together made up , at the time of Mary's death , the twentieth part of the nation . The remaining nineteen twentieths halted between the two opinions , and were not disposed to risk a ...
... believe , very small . We doubt , whether both together made up , at the time of Mary's death , the twentieth part of the nation . The remaining nineteen twentieths halted between the two opinions , and were not disposed to risk a ...
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... believe this account to have been very near the 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 ...
... believe this account to have been very near the 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 ...
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... believe that his annual revenue amounted , in the season of his greatest power , to a sum near ten times as large as that which England yielded to Elizabeth . He had a standing army of fifty thousand excellent troops , at a time when ...
... believe that his annual revenue amounted , in the season of his greatest power , to a sum near ten times as large as that which England yielded to Elizabeth . He had a standing army of fifty thousand excellent troops , at a time when ...
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