Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... matter would furnish out an ordinary book ; and the book contains as much reading as an ordinary library . We cannot sum up the merits of the stupendous mass of paper which lies before us better than by saying that it consists of about ...
... matter would furnish out an ordinary book ; and the book contains as much reading as an ordinary library . We cannot sum up the merits of the stupendous mass of paper which lies before us better than by saying that it consists of about ...
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... matters indifferent . Melancthon was one of these moderate persons , and " appears , " says Dr. Nares , says Dr. Nares , " to have gone greater lengths than any imputed to Lord Burleigh . " We should have thought this not only an excuse ...
... matters indifferent . Melancthon was one of these moderate persons , and " appears , " says Dr. Nares , says Dr. Nares , " to have gone greater lengths than any imputed to Lord Burleigh . " We should have thought this not only an excuse ...
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... was then , as a matter of course , a persecuting church . Edward persecuted Catholics . Mary persecuted Protestants . Elizabeth persecuted Catholics again . The father of those three sovereigns had BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 13.
... was then , as a matter of course , a persecuting church . Edward persecuted Catholics . Mary persecuted Protestants . Elizabeth persecuted Catholics again . The father of those three sovereigns had BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 13.
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... matter , and , two days after , " humbly intreated the council , in sign of their perfect love and loyalty to prince and country , to accept ten thousand men , and thirty ships amply furnished . " People who could give such signs as ...
... matter , and , two days after , " humbly intreated the council , in sign of their perfect love and loyalty to prince and country , to accept ten thousand men , and thirty ships amply furnished . " People who could give such signs as ...
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... matters in dispute between the churches . They were in a situation resembling that of those Borderers whom Sir Walter Scott has described with so much spirit , And who " Who sought the beeves that made their 24 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... matters in dispute between the churches . They were in a situation resembling that of those Borderers whom Sir Walter Scott has described with so much spirit , And who " Who sought the beeves that made their 24 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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