Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... character of a zealous Protestant . He was sent to escort the Papal Legate , Cardinal Pole , from Brussels to London . That great body of moderate persons who cared more for the quiet of the realm than for the contro- verted points ...
... character of a zealous Protestant . He was sent to escort the Papal Legate , Cardinal Pole , from Brussels to London . That great body of moderate persons who cared more for the quiet of the realm than for the contro- verted points ...
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... characters drawn by those great poets . The scene at the close of the Knight of Malta might have been written by a fervent Catholic . Massinger shows a great fondness for ecclesiastics of the Romish Church , and has even gone so far as ...
... characters drawn by those great poets . The scene at the close of the Knight of Malta might have been written by a fervent Catholic . Massinger shows a great fondness for ecclesiastics of the Romish Church , and has even gone so far as ...
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... character of Burleigh is also the great stain on the character of Elizabeth . Being herself an Adiaphorist , having no scruple about conforming to the Romish Church when conformity was necessary to her own safety , retaining to the last ...
... character of Burleigh is also the great stain on the character of Elizabeth . Being herself an Adiaphorist , having no scruple about conforming to the Romish Church when conformity was necessary to her own safety , retaining to the last ...
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... character . Yet she surely was a great woman . Of all the sovereigns who exercised a power which was seemingly absolute , but which in fact depended for support on the love and confidence of their subjects , she was by far the most ...
... character . Yet she surely was a great woman . Of all the sovereigns who exercised a power which was seemingly absolute , but which in fact depended for support on the love and confidence of their subjects , she was by far the most ...
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... character of an author . His first book was creditable to him , but was in every respect in- ferior to the work ... characters . We are not aware that he has in any instance forgotten the duties D 2 War of the Succession in Spain ยท
... character of an author . His first book was creditable to him , but was in every respect in- ferior to the work ... characters . We are not aware that he has in any instance forgotten the duties D 2 War of the Succession in Spain ยท
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