Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 351
... House of Commons and the whole House of Lords knew ? Nobody who is not prepared to maintain one of these absurd propositions can deny that Bacon committed what he knew to be a crime . It cannot be pretended that the Houses were seeking ...
... House of Commons and the whole House of Lords knew ? Nobody who is not prepared to maintain one of these absurd propositions can deny that Bacon committed what he knew to be a crime . It cannot be pretended that the Houses were seeking ...
Page 401
... House of Pride and the House of Temperance . One unpardonable fault , the fault of tediousness , pervades the whole of the Fairy Queen . We become sick of cardinal virtues and deadly sins , and long for the society of plain men and ...
... House of Pride and the House of Temperance . One unpardonable fault , the fault of tediousness , pervades the whole of the Fairy Queen . We become sick of cardinal virtues and deadly sins , and long for the society of plain men and ...
Page 515
... House . Addison had , during some years , occupied at Chelsea a small dwelling , once the abode of Nell Gwynn . Chelsea is now a district of London , and Holland House may be called a town residence . But , in the days of Anne and ...
... House . Addison had , during some years , occupied at Chelsea a small dwelling , once the abode of Nell Gwynn . Chelsea is now a district of London , and Holland House may be called a town residence . But , in the days of Anne and ...
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