Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... interests of the state , and great attention also to the interest of his own family . He never deserted his friends till it was very incon- venient to stand by them , was an excellent Protestant when it was not very advantageous to be a ...
... interests of the state , and great attention also to the interest of his own family . He never deserted his friends till it was very incon- venient to stand by them , was an excellent Protestant when it was not very advantageous to be a ...
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... interests of England to the husband whom she regarded with unmerited tenderness . That queen found that it would be madness to attempt the restor- ation of the abbey lands . She found that her sub- jects would never suffer her to make ...
... interests of England to the husband whom she regarded with unmerited tenderness . That queen found that it would be madness to attempt the restor- ation of the abbey lands . She found that her sub- jects would never suffer her to make ...
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... not treat the nation as an adverse party , as a party which had an interest opposed to hers , as a party to which she was to grant as few advantages as possible , and from which she was to extort as much money 32 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... not treat the nation as an adverse party , as a party which had an interest opposed to hers , as a party to which she was to grant as few advantages as possible , and from which she was to extort as much money 32 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... interest in St. Maloes , a port full of shipping for the war , he is a dangerous neigh- bour to the Queen's isles of Jersey and Guernsey , ancient possessions of this crown , and never conquered in the greatest wars with France . " The ...
... interest in St. Maloes , a port full of shipping for the war , he is a dangerous neigh- bour to the Queen's isles of Jersey and Guernsey , ancient possessions of this crown , and never conquered in the greatest wars with France . " The ...
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... interest to violate them . Even if it should be for his interest to observe them , it might well be doubted whether the strongest and clearest interest would induce a man so haughty and self - willed to cooperate heartily with two ...
... interest to violate them . Even if it should be for his interest to observe them , it might well be doubted whether the strongest and clearest interest would induce a man so haughty and self - willed to cooperate heartily with two ...
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