Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 53
... French Revolution . But it is not very easy to draw the line of distinction between them and their devout associates , whose tone and manner they sometimes found it convenient to affect , and sometimes , it is probable , imperceptibly ...
... French Revolution . But it is not very easy to draw the line of distinction between them and their devout associates , whose tone and manner they sometimes found it convenient to affect , and sometimes , it is probable , imperceptibly ...
Page 66
... French Protestant . As It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among the Italians of those times that we must seek for the real explanation of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . this ...
... French Protestant . As It is , therefore , in the state of moral feeling among the Italians of those times that we must seek for the real explanation of what seems most mysterious in the life and writings of this remarkable man . this ...
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... French , indulged in violation of hospitality , of decency , of love itself , the wanton in- humanity which was common to all the invaders , had made them objects of deadly hatred to the in- habitants of the Peninsula . The wealth which ...
... French , indulged in violation of hospitality , of decency , of love itself , the wanton in- humanity which was common to all the invaders , had made them objects of deadly hatred to the in- habitants of the Peninsula . The wealth which ...
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... French nation , at the moment when it was waking from the long sleep of political and religious bigotry ; and , in consequence , he be- came a favourite . The English , at that time , con- sidered a Frenchman who talked about ...
... French nation , at the moment when it was waking from the long sleep of political and religious bigotry ; and , in consequence , he be- came a favourite . The English , at that time , con- sidered a Frenchman who talked about ...
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... French monarchy than the Catholics have ever given to the English mon- archy since the Reformation ; and that too with much less excuse . The true distinction is perfectly obvious . To punish a man because he has committed a crime , or ...
... French monarchy than the Catholics have ever given to the English mon- archy since the Reformation ; and that too with much less excuse . The true distinction is perfectly obvious . To punish a man because he has committed a crime , or ...
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