Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... 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 AND HIS TIMES .
... 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 AND HIS TIMES .
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... received a large supply in return for this concession ; and within half a year new patents , more oppressive than those which had been cancelled , would have been issued by scores . Such was the policy which brought the heir of a long ...
... received a large supply in return for this concession ; and within half a year new patents , more oppressive than those which had been cancelled , would have been issued by scores . Such was the policy which brought the heir of a long ...
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... received by the sturdy country gentlemen who had come up to Westminster full of resentment , with tears of joy , and shouts of " God save the Queen . " Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and ...
... received by the sturdy country gentlemen who had come up to Westminster full of resentment , with tears of joy , and shouts of " God save the Queen . " Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and ...
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... the Indian Ocean . All the gold of the West , and all the spices of the East , were received and dis- tributed by her . During many years of war , her commerce was interrupted only by the predatory enterprises of a 38 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
... the Indian Ocean . All the gold of the West , and all the spices of the East , were received and dis- tributed by her . During many years of war , her commerce was interrupted only by the predatory enterprises of a 38 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
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... received little . The American viceroys and the farmers of the revenue became rich , while the mer- chants broke , while the peasantry starved , while the body - servants of the sovereign remained unpaid , while the soldiers of the ...
... received little . The American viceroys and the farmers of the revenue became rich , while the mer- chants broke , while the peasantry starved , while the body - servants of the sovereign remained unpaid , while the soldiers of the ...
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