Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... Queen Elizabeth . Containing an Historical View of the Times in which he lived , and of the many eminent and illustrious Persons with whom he was connected ; with Extracts from his Private and Official Correspondence and other Papers ...
... Queen Elizabeth . Containing an Historical View of the Times in which he lived , and of the many eminent and illustrious Persons with whom he was connected ; with Extracts from his Private and Official Correspondence and other Papers ...
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... Queen . In the House of Commons , he put himself at the head of the party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with ...
... Queen . In the House of Commons , he put himself at the head of the party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with ...
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... Queen . She sometimes chid him sharply ; but he was the man whom she delighted to honour . For Burleigh , she forgot her usual parsi- mony both of wealth and of dignities . For Burleigh , she relaxed that severe etiquette to which she ...
... Queen . She sometimes chid him sharply ; but he was the man whom she delighted to honour . For Burleigh , she forgot her usual parsi- mony both of wealth and of dignities . For Burleigh , she relaxed that severe etiquette to which she ...
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... Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and discipline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to the right or to the left , was in danger of severe penalties . Such was this government . Yet we know that it was loved ...
... Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and discipline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to the right or to the left , was in danger of severe penalties . Such was this government . Yet we know that it was loved ...
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... kingdom against the Spaniards . The Mayor and Common Council , in return , desired to know what force the Queen's Highness wished them to furnish . त The answer was , fifteen ships and five thousand men 16 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... kingdom against the Spaniards . The Mayor and Common Council , in return , desired to know what force the Queen's Highness wished them to furnish . त The answer was , fifteen ships and five thousand men 16 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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