Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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Page 7
... hope in the wisdom and humanity of the gentle Cardinal . Cecil , it is clear , cultivated the friendship of Pole with great assiduity , and received great advantage from the Legate's protection B 4 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 7.
... hope in the wisdom and humanity of the gentle Cardinal . Cecil , it is clear , cultivated the friendship of Pole with great assiduity , and received great advantage from the Legate's protection B 4 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 7.
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... hope for the future destinies of the human race . The history of the Reformation in England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and ex- traordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the ...
... hope for the future destinies of the human race . The history of the Reformation in England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and ex- traordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the ...
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... hope's enemies and rivals . His narrative is very perspicuous , and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by modern writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of ...
... hope's enemies and rivals . His narrative is very perspicuous , and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by modern writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of ...
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... hope of attaining this end , Charles determined to name a successor . A will was accord- ingly framed by which the crown was bequeathed to the Bavarian Prince . Unhappily , this will had scarcely been signed when the Prince died . The ...
... hope of attaining this end , Charles determined to name a successor . A will was accord- ingly framed by which the crown was bequeathed to the Bavarian Prince . Unhappily , this will had scarcely been signed when the Prince died . The ...
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... hope of finishing the war at one blow . Madrid was but a hundred and fifty miles distant . There was scarcely one fortified place on the road . The troops of Philip were either on the frontiers of Portugal or on the coast of Catalonia ...
... hope of finishing the war at one blow . Madrid was but a hundred and fifty miles distant . There was scarcely one fortified place on the road . The troops of Philip were either on the frontiers of Portugal or on the coast of Catalonia ...
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