Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... party , but consented to sign as a witness . It is not easy to describe his dexterous conduct at this most perplexing crisis , in language more appropriate than that which is employed by old Fuller . " His hand wrote it as secretary of ...
... party , but consented to sign as a witness . It is not easy to describe his dexterous conduct at this most perplexing crisis , in language more appropriate than that which is employed by old Fuller . " His hand wrote it as secretary of ...
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... party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil ...
... party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil ...
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... it came with a violence which appalled and disgusted many of those who had previously been distinguished by the freedom of their opinions . The violence of the democratic party in France made Burke a Tory and 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... it came with a violence which appalled and disgusted many of those who had previously been distinguished by the freedom of their opinions . The violence of the democratic party in France made Burke a Tory and 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. the democratic party in France made Burke a Tory and Alfieri a courtier . The violence of the chiefs of the Germain schism made Erasmus a defender of abuses , and turned the author of Utopia into a per- secutor ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. the democratic party in France made Burke a Tory and Alfieri a courtier . The violence of the chiefs of the Germain schism made Erasmus a defender of abuses , and turned the author of Utopia into a per- secutor ...
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... Party - spirit seemed to justify and consecrate acts which , in any other times , would have been considered as the foulest of treasons . The French emigrant saw nothing disgraceful in bringing Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris ...
... Party - spirit seemed to justify and consecrate acts which , in any other times , would have been considered as the foulest of treasons . The French emigrant saw nothing disgraceful in bringing Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris ...
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