Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... less scandalous than those of Hebert , mummeries scarcely less absurd than those of Clootz , and crimes scarcely less atrocious than those of Marat , disgrace the early history of Protestantism . The Reformation is an event long past ...
... less scandalous than those of Hebert , mummeries scarcely less absurd than those of Clootz , and crimes scarcely less atrocious than those of Marat , disgrace the early history of Protestantism . The Reformation is an event long past ...
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... less ample than those of Louis the Fourteenth , and her parliaments were as obsequious as his parliaments , that her warrant had as much authority as his lettre - de - cachet . The extravagance with which her courtiers eulogized her ...
... less ample than those of Louis the Fourteenth , and her parliaments were as obsequious as his parliaments , that her warrant had as much authority as his lettre - de - cachet . The extravagance with which her courtiers eulogized her ...
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... less for the Protestant religion than for the rights of property and for the independence of the English crown . In plain words , they did not think the dif- ference between the hostile sects worth a struggle . There was undoubtedly a ...
... less for the Protestant religion than for the rights of property and for the independence of the English crown . In plain words , they did not think the dif- ference between the hostile sects worth a struggle . There was undoubtedly a ...
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... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the con- quered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in speculation , the ...
... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the con- quered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in speculation , the ...
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... less valuable than the old kingdoms of Castile and Arragon , and which , having always been governed by foreigners , would not be likely to feel acutely the humiliation of being turned over from one master to another . That England and ...
... less valuable than the old kingdoms of Castile and Arragon , and which , having always been governed by foreigners , would not be likely to feel acutely the humiliation of being turned over from one master to another . That England and ...
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