Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... hundred inches cubic measure , and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois . Such a book might , before the deluge , have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum . But unhappily the life of man is now threescore years and ...
... hundred inches cubic measure , and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois . Such a book might , before the deluge , have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum . But unhappily the life of man is now threescore years and ...
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... hundred distinct landed estates , though he might , as his honest servant assures us , have left much more , " if he would have taken money out of the Exchequer for his own use , as many Trea- surers have done . " Burleigh , like the ...
... hundred distinct landed estates , though he might , as his honest servant assures us , have left much more , " if he would have taken money out of the Exchequer for his own use , as many Trea- surers have done . " Burleigh , like the ...
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... hundred and thirty years in Henry the Seventh's chapel . Yet her me- mory is still dear to the hearts of a free people . The truth seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar ...
... hundred and thirty years in Henry the Seventh's chapel . Yet her me- mory is still dear to the hearts of a free people . The truth seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar ...
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... hundred in any shire in England , which could not have overpowered the handful of armed men who composed her household . If a hostile sovereign threatened invasion , if an am- bitious noble raised the standard of revolt , she could have ...
... hundred in any shire in England , which could not have overpowered the handful of armed men who composed her household . If a hostile sovereign threatened invasion , if an am- bitious noble raised the standard of revolt , she could have ...
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... hundred years before the time of Luther , a great party in this kingdom was eager for a change at least as extensive as that which was sub- sequently effected by Henry the Eighth . The House of Commons , in the reign of Henry the Fourth ...
... hundred years before the time of Luther , a great party in this kingdom was eager for a change at least as extensive as that which was sub- sequently effected by Henry the Eighth . The House of Commons , in the reign of Henry the Fourth ...
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