Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... respect for the old line from which she sprang , in their sense of the general security which they enjoyed under her govern- ment . These were the means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her de- crees into ...
... respect for the old line from which she sprang , in their sense of the general security which they enjoyed under her govern- ment . These were the means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her de- crees into ...
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... respect their wishes and tremble at their discontents . It is indeed most desirable that such a people should exercise a direct influence on the conduct of affairs , and should make It must be remembered that this was written before the ...
... respect their wishes and tremble at their discontents . It is indeed most desirable that such a people should exercise a direct influence on the conduct of affairs , and should make It must be remembered that this was written before the ...
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... respect was paid by the Tudors to those institutions which we have been accustomed to consider as the sole checks on the power of the sovereign . A modern Englishman can hardly understand how the people can have had any real security ...
... respect was paid by the Tudors to those institutions which we have been accustomed to consider as the sole checks on the power of the sovereign . A modern Englishman can hardly understand how the people can have had any real security ...
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... respect . The authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A considerable reaction took place . It cannot , however , be doubted , that there was still some concealed Lollardism in England ; or ...
... respect . The authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A considerable reaction took place . It cannot , however , be doubted , that there was still some concealed Lollardism in England ; or ...
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... respect . They treat the vow of celibacy , for example , so tempting , and , in later times , so common a subject for ribaldry , with mysterious reverence . Almost every member of a religious order whom they introduce is a holy and ...
... respect . They treat the vow of celibacy , for example , so tempting , and , in later times , so common a subject for ribaldry , with mysterious reverence . Almost every member of a religious order whom they introduce is a holy and ...
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