Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... king and father . If he were to paint the death of Lear , the old man asking the by- standers to undo his button , would be thrown into the shade by a vast blaze of pavilions , standards , armour , and heralds ' coats . Mr. Martin would ...
... king and father . If he were to paint the death of Lear , the old man asking the by- standers to undo his button , would be thrown into the shade by a vast blaze of pavilions , standards , armour , and heralds ' coats . Mr. Martin would ...
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... king has ever enjoyed such absolute power as Henry the Eighth . But while the royal prerogatives were acquiring strength at the expense of the nobility , two great revolutions took place , destined to be the parents of many revolutions ...
... king has ever enjoyed such absolute power as Henry the Eighth . But while the royal prerogatives were acquiring strength at the expense of the nobility , two great revolutions took place , destined to be the parents of many revolutions ...
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... king - craft that ever lived , but who was , in truth , one of those kings whom God seems to send for the express purpose of hastening revolutions . Of all the enemies of liberty whom Britain has produced , he was at once the most ...
... king - craft that ever lived , but who was , in truth , one of those kings whom God seems to send for the express purpose of hastening revolutions . Of all the enemies of liberty whom Britain has produced , he was at once the most ...
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... King for his minions , the perjuries , the sorceries , the poisonings , which his chief favourites had planned within the walls of his palace , the pardon which , in direct violation of his duty and of his word , he had granted to the ...
... King for his minions , the perjuries , the sorceries , the poisonings , which his chief favourites had planned within the walls of his palace , the pardon which , in direct violation of his duty and of his word , he had granted to the ...
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... King had governed without having recourse to the legislature . During those six years , melancholy and dis- graceful events , at home and abroad , had followed one an- other in rapid succession ; the divorce of Lady Essex , the murder ...
... King had governed without having recourse to the legislature . During those six years , melancholy and dis- graceful events , at home and abroad , had followed one an- other in rapid succession ; the divorce of Lady Essex , the murder ...
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