Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... hope of preserving their power . Fleury , sinking under age and infirmity , was borne down by the impetuosity of Belle - Isle . Walpole retired from the service of his ungrateful country to his woods and paintings at Houghton ; and his ...
... hope of preserving their power . Fleury , sinking under age and infirmity , was borne down by the impetuosity of Belle - Isle . Walpole retired from the service of his ungrateful country to his woods and paintings at Houghton ; and his ...
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... on a dark ground . His career had hitherto , with little interruption , been prosperous ; and it was only in adversity , in adversity which seemed without VOL . V. C hope or resource , in adversity which would have overwhelmed.
... on a dark ground . His career had hitherto , with little interruption , been prosperous ; and it was only in adversity , in adversity which seemed without VOL . V. C hope or resource , in adversity which would have overwhelmed.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. hope or resource , in adversity which would have overwhelmed even men celebrated for strength of mind , that his real greatness could be shown . He had , from the commencement of his reign ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. hope or resource , in adversity which would have overwhelmed even men celebrated for strength of mind , that his real greatness could be shown . He had , from the commencement of his reign ...
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... hope it will pay you well . ' Even among statesmen accustomed to the licence of a free press , such steadfastness of mind as this is not very common . It is due also to the memory of Frederic to say that he earnestly laboured to secure ...
... hope it will pay you well . ' Even among statesmen accustomed to the licence of a free press , such steadfastness of mind as this is not very common . It is due also to the memory of Frederic to say that he earnestly laboured to secure ...
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... hope , and who , after a short term of delusive happiness , had been doomed to expiate their folly by years of wretchedness and degradation , raised their voices to warn the aspirant who approached the charmed threshold . Some had ...
... hope , and who , after a short term of delusive happiness , had been doomed to expiate their folly by years of wretchedness and degradation , raised their voices to warn the aspirant who approached the charmed threshold . Some had ...
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