Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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Page 54
... thing else . The partisans of the House of Bourbon took advantage of the negli gence of the administration . On a sudden the supply of food failed . Exorbitant prices were demanded . The people rose . The royal residence was surrounded ...
... thing else . The partisans of the House of Bourbon took advantage of the negli gence of the administration . On a sudden the supply of food failed . Exorbitant prices were demanded . The people rose . The royal residence was surrounded ...
Page 59
... . " There was , " as Somers expressed it in a remarkable letter to William , " a deadness and want of spirit in the nation universally . " Every thing in England was going on as Louis could THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 59.
... . " There was , " as Somers expressed it in a remarkable letter to William , " a deadness and want of spirit in the nation universally . " Every thing in England was going on as Louis could THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 59.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. Every thing in England was going on as Louis could have wished . The leaders of the Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpo- pular on account of the unfortunate issue of the Par- tition ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. Every thing in England was going on as Louis could have wished . The leaders of the Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpo- pular on account of the unfortunate issue of the Par- tition ...
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... thing that he did , in his campaigns , in his negotiations , in his familiar correspondence , in his lightest and most unstudied conversation . He was a kind friend , a generous enemy , and in deportment a thorough gentleman . But his ...
... thing that he did , in his campaigns , in his negotiations , in his familiar correspondence , in his lightest and most unstudied conversation . He was a kind friend , a generous enemy , and in deportment a thorough gentleman . But his ...
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... thing else went well . Stan- hope arrived ; the detachment which had marched out of Barcelona retreated ; the heavy cannon were disembarked , and brought to bear on the inner for- tifications of Monjuich , which speedily fell . Peter ...
... thing else went well . Stan- hope arrived ; the detachment which had marched out of Barcelona retreated ; the heavy cannon were disembarked , and brought to bear on the inner for- tifications of Monjuich , which speedily fell . Peter ...
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