Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... talents , though not brilliant , were of an eminently useful kind ; and his principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and competitors . He had a cool temper , a sound judg- ment , great ...
... talents , though not brilliant , were of an eminently useful kind ; and his principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and competitors . He had a cool temper , a sound judg- ment , great ...
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... . And such a minister she found in Burleigh . No arts could shake the confidence which she reposed in her old and trusty servant . The courtly graces of Leicester , the brilliant talents and accomplishments 8 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... . And such a minister she found in Burleigh . No arts could shake the confidence which she reposed in her old and trusty servant . The courtly graces of Leicester , the brilliant talents and accomplishments 8 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. courtly graces of Leicester , the brilliant talents and accomplishments of Essex , touched the fancy , perhaps the heart of the woman ; but no rival could deprive the Treasurer of the place which ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. courtly graces of Leicester , the brilliant talents and accomplishments of Essex , touched the fancy , perhaps the heart of the woman ; but no rival could deprive the Treasurer of the place which ...
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... talents , the favour of his sovereign , the love of his countrymen , all that seemed to ensure a happy and glorious life , led to an early and an ignominious death ; concerning Raleigh , the soldier , the sailor , the scholar , the ...
... talents , the favour of his sovereign , the love of his countrymen , all that seemed to ensure a happy and glorious life , led to an early and an ignominious death ; concerning Raleigh , the soldier , the sailor , the scholar , the ...
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... talent for nego- tiation and command , to which history scarcely affords a parallel . The Castilian of those times was to the Italian what the Roman , in the days of the greatness of Rome , was to the Greek . The conqueror had less ...
... talent for nego- tiation and command , to which history scarcely affords a parallel . The Castilian of those times was to the Italian what the Roman , in the days of the greatness of Rome , was to the Greek . The conqueror had less ...
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