Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... human compositions . On every subject which the Professor discusses , he produces three times as many pages as another man ; and one of his pages is as tedious as another man's three . His book is swelled to its vast dimensions by ...
... human compositions . On every subject which the Professor discusses , he produces three times as many pages as another man ; and one of his pages is as tedious as another man's three . His book is swelled to its vast dimensions by ...
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... 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 , during the gloomy BURLEIGH ...
... 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 , during the gloomy BURLEIGH ...
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... human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy for intellectual liberty ; the other was a struggle of the people against princes and nobles for political liberty . In both cases , the spirit of ...
... human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy for intellectual liberty ; the other was a struggle of the people against princes and nobles for political liberty . In both cases , the spirit of ...
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... 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 contrasted with the feebleness of ...
... 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 contrasted with the feebleness of ...
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... human rights , attacked by the most odious tyranny . The explanation of these circumstances which has generally been given . is very simple , but by no means satisfactory . The power of the crown , it is said , was then at its height ...
... human rights , attacked by the most odious tyranny . The explanation of these circumstances which has generally been given . is very simple , but by no means satisfactory . The power of the crown , it is said , was then at its height ...
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