Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... important member of the administration of Northumberland . Dr. Nares assures us over and over again that there could have been nothing base in Cecil's conduct on this occasion ; for , says he , Cecil continued to stand well with Cranmer ...
... important member of the administration of Northumberland . Dr. Nares assures us over and over again that there could have been nothing base in Cecil's conduct on this occasion ; for , says he , Cecil continued to stand well with Cranmer ...
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... important periods in the history of the world . It exactly measures the time during which the House of Austria held decided superiority and aspired to universal dominion . In the year in which Burleigh was born , Charles the Fifth ...
... important periods in the history of the world . It exactly measures the time during which the House of Austria held decided superiority and aspired to universal dominion . In the year in which Burleigh was born , Charles the Fifth ...
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... important era in the history of the human mind than the age of Pericles , of Augustus , or of Leo . But subjects so vast require a space far larger than we can at present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed ...
... important era in the history of the human mind than the age of Pericles , of Augustus , or of Leo . But subjects so vast require a space far larger than we can at present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed ...
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... important crisis of his life , his pride and his passions hurried him into an error , which undid all that forty years of victory and intrigue had done , which produced the dismemberment of the kingdom of his grandson , and brought ...
... important crisis of his life , his pride and his passions hurried him into an error , which undid all that forty years of victory and intrigue had done , which produced the dismemberment of the kingdom of his grandson , and brought ...
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... important , is certainly the least attractive . In Italy , in Ger- many , and in the Netherlands , great means were at the disposal of great generals . Mighty battles were fought . Fortress after fortress was subdued . The iron chain of ...
... important , is certainly the least attractive . In Italy , in Ger- many , and in the Netherlands , great means were at the disposal of great generals . Mighty battles were fought . Fortress after fortress was subdued . The iron chain of ...
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