Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... peace . Even Henry , as cruel as Domitian , but far more politic , contrived , while reek- ing with the blood of the LamiƦ , to be a favourite with the cobblers . The Tudors committed very tyrannical acts . But in their ordinary ...
... peace . Even Henry , as cruel as Domitian , but far more politic , contrived , while reek- ing with the blood of the LamiƦ , to be a favourite with the cobblers . The Tudors committed very tyrannical acts . But in their ordinary ...
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... peace . The account which Cardinal Bentivoglio gave of the state of religion in England well deserves con- sideration . The zealous Catholics he reckoned at one thirtieth part of the nation . The people who would without the least ...
... peace . The account which Cardinal Bentivoglio gave of the state of religion in England well deserves con- sideration . The zealous Catholics he reckoned at one thirtieth part of the nation . The people who would without the least ...
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... peace , she adopted a policy from the effects of which the empire is still suffering . The yoke of the Established Church was pressed down on the people till they would bear it no longer . Then a reaction came . Another reaction ...
... peace , she adopted a policy from the effects of which the empire is still suffering . The yoke of the Established Church was pressed down on the people till they would bear it no longer . Then a reaction came . Another reaction ...
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... peace , and setting at defiance the ministers of justice . The finances were in frightful disorder . The people paid much . The government received little . The American viceroys and the farmers of the revenue became rich , while the ...
... peace , and setting at defiance the ministers of justice . The finances were in frightful disorder . The people paid much . The government received little . The American viceroys and the farmers of the revenue became rich , while the ...
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... peace of Ryswick , William the Third and Louis the Fourteenth determined to settle the question of the succession without consulting either Charles or the Emperor . France , England , and Holland , became parties to a treaty by which it ...
... peace of Ryswick , William the Third and Louis the Fourteenth determined to settle the question of the succession without consulting either Charles or the Emperor . France , England , and Holland , became parties to a treaty by which it ...
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