Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Page 35
... success to a man who , finding himself placed , without any exertion or any merit on his part , above the mass of society , voluntarily descends from his eminence in search of distinctions which he may justly call his own . This is , we ...
... success to a man who , finding himself placed , without any exertion or any merit on his part , above the mass of society , voluntarily descends from his eminence in search of distinctions which he may justly call his own . This is , we ...
Page 69
... success were seen With means the most inadequate and low ; Most master of himself , and least encumbered , When overmatched , entangled , and outnumbered . " In June , 1705 , this remarkable man arrived in Lisbon with five thousand ...
... success were seen With means the most inadequate and low ; Most master of himself , and least encumbered , When overmatched , entangled , and outnumbered . " In June , 1705 , this remarkable man arrived in Lisbon with five thousand ...
Page 73
... success . Charles urged him to return to Barcelona ; but no remonstrances could stop such a spirit in the midst of such a career . It was the depth of winter . The country was mountainous . The roads were almost impassable . The men ...
... success . Charles urged him to return to Barcelona ; but no remonstrances could stop such a spirit in the midst of such a career . It was the depth of winter . The country was mountainous . The roads were almost impassable . The men ...
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... success which Peterborough had obtained on the eastern coast of the Peninsula had inspired the sluggish Galway with emulation . He advanced into the heart of Spain . Berwick retreated . Alcantara , Ciudad Rodrigo , and Salamanca fell ...
... success which Peterborough had obtained on the eastern coast of the Peninsula had inspired the sluggish Galway with emulation . He advanced into the heart of Spain . Berwick retreated . Alcantara , Ciudad Rodrigo , and Salamanca fell ...
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... successful in winning the attachment of those with whom he acted . He was adored by the Catalonians and Valencians ; but he was hated by the prince whom he had all but made a great king , and by the generals whose fortune and reputation ...
... successful in winning the attachment of those with whom he acted . He was adored by the Catalonians and Valencians ; but he was hated by the prince whom he had all but made a great king , and by the generals whose fortune and reputation ...
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