Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear , Of those principles , then struggling ...
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear , Of those principles , then struggling ...
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... others . But the glory of the battle which he fought for the species of freedom which is the most valuable , and which was then the least understood , the freedom of the Thousands and tens of human mind , is all his 56 MILTON .
... others . But the glory of the battle which he fought for the species of freedom which is the most valuable , and which was then the least understood , the freedom of the Thousands and tens of human mind , is all his 56 MILTON .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Thousands and tens of human mind , is all his own . thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Shipmoney and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Thousands and tens of human mind , is all his own . thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Shipmoney and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the ...
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... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
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... thousand florins were annually coined . Eighty banks conducted the commercial operations , not of Florence only , but of all Europe . The transactions of these establishments were sometimes of a magnitude which may surprise even the ...
... thousand florins were annually coined . Eighty banks conducted the commercial operations , not of Florence only , but of all Europe . The transactions of these establishments were sometimes of a magnitude which may surprise even the ...
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