Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Page 7
... hope in the wisdom and humanity of the gentle Cardinal . Cecil , it is clear , cultivated the friendship of Pole with great assiduity , and received great advantage from the Legate's protection . But the best protection of Cecil ...
... hope in the wisdom and humanity of the gentle Cardinal . Cecil , it is clear , cultivated the friendship of Pole with great assiduity , and received great advantage from the Legate's protection . But the best protection of Cecil ...
Page 13
... hope for the future destinies of the human race . The history of the Reformation in England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and extraordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government ...
... hope for the future destinies of the human race . The history of the Reformation in England is full of strange problems . The most prominent and extraordinary phænomenon which it presents to us is the gigantic strength of the government ...
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... hope's enemies and rivals . His narrative is very perspicuous , and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by modern writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of ...
... hope's enemies and rivals . His narrative is very perspicuous , and is also entitled to the praise , seldom , we grieve to say , deserved by modern writers , of being very concise . It must be admitted , however , that , with many of ...
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... hope of attaining this end , Charles determined to name a successor . A will was accord- ingly framed by which the crown was bequeathed to the Bavarian Prince . Unhappily , this will had The scarcely been signed when the Prince died ...
... hope of attaining this end , Charles determined to name a successor . A will was accord- ingly framed by which the crown was bequeathed to the Bavarian Prince . Unhappily , this will had The scarcely been signed when the Prince died ...
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... , " Long live Charles the Third . " The neighbouring fortress of Denia surrendered without a blow . The imagination of Peterborough took fire . He conceived the hope of finishing the war at one blow THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 69.
... , " Long live Charles the Third . " The neighbouring fortress of Denia surrendered without a blow . The imagination of Peterborough took fire . He conceived the hope of finishing the war at one blow THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 69.
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