Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... hand to the instrument which changed the course of the succession . But the furious Dudley was master of the palace . Cecil , therefore , according to his own account , excused him- self from signing as a party , but consented to sign ...
... hand to the instrument which changed the course of the succession . But the furious Dudley was master of the palace . Cecil , therefore , according to his own account , excused him- self from signing as a party , but consented to sign ...
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... hand , under the titles and forms of monarchical supremacy , were essentially popular magistrates . They had no means of protecting themselves against the public hatred ; and they were therefore compelled to court the public favour . To ...
... hand , under the titles and forms of monarchical supremacy , were essentially popular magistrates . They had no means of protecting themselves against the public hatred ; and they were therefore compelled to court the public favour . To ...
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... hands the means of checking their princes would suffer any prince to impose upon them a religion generally detested . It is absurd to suppose that , if the nation had been decidedly attached to the Protestant faith , Mary could have re ...
... hands the means of checking their princes would suffer any prince to impose upon them a religion generally detested . It is absurd to suppose that , if the nation had been decidedly attached to the Protestant faith , Mary could have re ...
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... hand , the early lessons of the nurse and the priest were not forgotten . The ancient ceremonies were long remembered with affectionate reverence . A large portion of the ancient theology lingered to the last in the minds which had been ...
... hand , the early lessons of the nurse and the priest were not forgotten . The ancient ceremonies were long remembered with affectionate reverence . A large portion of the ancient theology lingered to the last in the minds which had been ...
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... hand at the head of a storming party . Alonzo de Ercilla bore a conspicuous part in that war of Arauco , which he afterwards celebrated in one of the best heroic poems that Spain has produced . Hurtado de Men- doza , whose poems have ...
... hand at the head of a storming party . Alonzo de Ercilla bore a conspicuous part in that war of Arauco , which he afterwards celebrated in one of the best heroic poems that Spain has produced . Hurtado de Men- doza , whose poems have ...
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