Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... England . The moderation of his opinions on the subject of predestination gave offence to some zealous persons . We have seen an absurd allegory , the heroine of which is named Hephzibah , written by some raving supralapsarian preacher ...
... England . The moderation of his opinions on the subject of predestination gave offence to some zealous persons . We have seen an absurd allegory , the heroine of which is named Hephzibah , written by some raving supralapsarian preacher ...
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... England during the latter half of the seventeenth century , there were only two minds which pos- sessed the imaginative faculty in a very eminent degree . One of those minds produced the Paradise Lost , the other the Pilgrim's Progress ...
... England during the latter half of the seventeenth century , there were only two minds which pos- sessed the imaginative faculty in a very eminent degree . One of those minds produced the Paradise Lost , the other the Pilgrim's Progress ...
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... England . These Memoirs must be considered as Memoirs of the history of England ; and , as such , they well deserve to be attentively perused . They contain some curious facts which , to us at least , are new , much spirited narrative ...
... England . These Memoirs must be considered as Memoirs of the history of England ; and , as such , they well deserve to be attentively perused . They contain some curious facts which , to us at least , are new , much spirited narrative ...
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... England was convulsed by the struggle between the two branches of the royal family , the physical and moral condition of the people continued to improve . Villenage almost wholly disappeared . The calamities of war were little felt ...
... England was convulsed by the struggle between the two branches of the royal family , the physical and moral condition of the people continued to improve . Villenage almost wholly disappeared . The calamities of war were little felt ...
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... England was by no means favourable to political liberty . The authority which had been exercised by the Popes was transferred almost entire to the King . Two formidable powers which had often served to check each other were united in a ...
... England was by no means favourable to political liberty . The authority which had been exercised by the Popes was transferred almost entire to the King . Two formidable powers which had often served to check each other were united in a ...
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