Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and competitors . He had a cool temper , a sound judg- ment , great powers of application , and a constant eye to the main chance . In his youth he ...
... principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and competitors . He had a cool temper , a sound judg- ment , great powers of application , and a constant eye to the main chance . In his youth he ...
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... principles which More , wiser in specu- lation than in action , had avowed in the preceding generation , and by which the excellent L'Hospital regulated his conduct in her own time , how different would be the colour of the whole ...
... principles which More , wiser in specu- lation than in action , had avowed in the preceding generation , and by which the excellent L'Hospital regulated his conduct in her own time , how different would be the colour of the whole ...
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... principles of her government , that those who followed her were likely to learn the art of managing un- tractable subjects . If , instead of searching the records of her reign for precedents which might seem to vindicate the mutilation ...
... principles of her government , that those who followed her were likely to learn the art of managing un- tractable subjects . If , instead of searching the records of her reign for precedents which might seem to vindicate the mutilation ...
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... principles of the Reformation had triumphed in some of those countries . The Catholic Church had maintained its ascendency in others . But though the event had not been the same in all , all had been agitated by the conflict . Even in ...
... principles of the Reformation had triumphed in some of those countries . The Catholic Church had maintained its ascendency in others . But though the event had not been the same in all , all had been agitated by the conflict . Even in ...
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... principles , and it was as truly wrought . " On the fifteenth of May , 1702 , war was proclaimed by concert at Vienna , at London , and at the Hague . Thus commenced that great struggle by which Europe , from the Vistula to the Atlantic ...
... principles , and it was as truly wrought . " On the fifteenth of May , 1702 , war was proclaimed by concert at Vienna , at London , and at the Hague . Thus commenced that great struggle by which Europe , from the Vistula to the Atlantic ...
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