Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... had , during near a century , kept Europe in constant agitation , were buried in the same grave with the proud and sullen Philip . The life of Burleigh was commensurate also with the period BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 9.
... had , during near a century , kept Europe in constant agitation , were buried in the same grave with the proud and sullen Philip . The life of Burleigh was commensurate also with the period BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 9.
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... century , and which obtained in France its most terrible and signal triumph . Each of these memorable events may be described as a rising up of the human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy ...
... century , and which obtained in France its most terrible and signal triumph . Each of these memorable events may be described as a rising up of the human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy ...
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... century sprang the Jaco- bins . From the religious agitation of the sixteenth century sprang the Anabaptists . The partisans of Robespierre robbed and murdered in the name of fraternity and equality . The followers of Kniperdo- ling ...
... century sprang the Jaco- bins . From the religious agitation of the sixteenth century sprang the Anabaptists . The partisans of Robespierre robbed and murdered in the name of fraternity and equality . The followers of Kniperdo- ling ...
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... century , the fury of theological factions suspended all national animosi- ties and jealousies . The Spaniards were invited into France by the League ; the English were invited into France by the Huguenots . We by no means intend to ...
... century , the fury of theological factions suspended all national animosi- ties and jealousies . The Spaniards were invited into France by the League ; the English were invited into France by the Huguenots . We by no means intend to ...
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... Hume , to describe the English monarchy in the sixteenth century as an absolute monarchy . And such undoubtedly it appears to a superficial observer . Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her 14 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... Hume , to describe the English monarchy in the sixteenth century as an absolute monarchy . And such undoubtedly it appears to a superficial observer . Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her 14 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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