Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... tion of the incomparable letters of Pascal . It is somewhat strange , therefore , that he should adopt , to the full extent , the jesuitical doctrine of the direction of intentions . We do not blame Cecil for not choosing to be burned ...
... tion of the incomparable letters of Pascal . It is somewhat strange , therefore , that he should adopt , to the full extent , the jesuitical doctrine of the direction of intentions . We do not blame Cecil for not choosing to be burned ...
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... tion against vice and immorality , that which , without any constitution , keeps rulers in awe , force , and the spirit to use it . Parliaments , it is true , were rarely held , and were not very respectfully treated . The great charter ...
... tion against vice and immorality , that which , without any constitution , keeps rulers in awe , force , and the spirit to use it . Parliaments , it is true , were rarely held , and were not very respectfully treated . The great charter ...
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... tion of those rules is , that every Afghan approves them , and that every Afghan is a soldier . The monarchy of England in the sixteenth century was a monarchy of this kind . It is called an absolute monarchy , because little respect ...
... tion of those rules is , that every Afghan approves them , and that every Afghan is a soldier . The monarchy of England in the sixteenth century was a monarchy of this kind . It is called an absolute monarchy , because little respect ...
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... tion of the horrible scenes of Berkeley and Pomfret . He had no regular army which could , by its superior arms and its superior skill , overawe . or vanquish the sturdy Commons of his realm , abounding in the native hardihood of ...
... tion of the horrible scenes of Berkeley and Pomfret . He had no regular army which could , by its superior arms and its superior skill , overawe . or vanquish the sturdy Commons of his realm , abounding in the native hardihood of ...
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... tion than in action , had avowed in the preceding generation , and by which the excellent L'Hospital regulated his conduct in her own time , how different would be the colour of the whole history of the last two hundred and fifty years ...
... tion than in action , had avowed in the preceding generation , and by which the excellent L'Hospital regulated his conduct in her own time , how different would be the colour of the whole history of the last two hundred and fifty years ...
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