Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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Page 5
... present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher tells us , that , though the planets be whirled about daily from east to west , by the motion of the primum mobile , yet have they also a contrary proper motion of ...
... present drowning not to swim with the stream . But as the philosopher tells us , that , though the planets be whirled about daily from east to west , by the motion of the primum mobile , yet have they also a contrary proper motion of ...
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... presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or thirteen years which followed the death of Henry the Eighth , the religion of the state was thrice ...
... presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government contrasted with the feebleness of the religious parties . During the twelve or thirteen years which followed the death of Henry the Eighth , the religion of the state was thrice ...
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... present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed , our article may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . 35 WAR OF THE ...
... present afford . We therefore stop here , fearing that , if we proceed , our article may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . 35 WAR OF THE ...
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... presents to the Rome of Marius and Cæsar . Foreign conquest had begun to eat into every part of that gigantic monarchy on which the sun never set . Holland was gone , and Portugal , and Artois , and Roussillon , and Franche Comté . In ...
... presents to the Rome of Marius and Cæsar . Foreign conquest had begun to eat into every part of that gigantic monarchy on which the sun never set . Holland was gone , and Portugal , and Artois , and Roussillon , and Franche Comté . In ...
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... the place now occupied by the ad- vanced guard . The Tory Parliament of 1710 would have passed for a most liberal Parliament in the days of Elizabeth ; and there are at present few members THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 89.
... the place now occupied by the ad- vanced guard . The Tory Parliament of 1710 would have passed for a most liberal Parliament in the days of Elizabeth ; and there are at present few members THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 89.
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