Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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... Second sat to Varelst , the great flower - painter . When the performance was finished , his Majesty appeared in the midst of a bower of sun - flowers and tulips , which completely drew away all attention from the central figure . All ...
... Second sat to Varelst , the great flower - painter . When the performance was finished , his Majesty appeared in the midst of a bower of sun - flowers and tulips , which completely drew away all attention from the central figure . All ...
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... Second would never have seen St. Germain's . She died ; and the kingdom passed to one who was , in his own opinion , the greatest master of king - craft that ever lived , but who was , in truth , one of those kings whom God seems to ...
... Second would never have seen St. Germain's . She died ; and the kingdom passed to one who was , in his own opinion , the greatest master of king - craft that ever lived , but who was , in truth , one of those kings whom God seems to ...
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... second Parliament , called in the spring of 1614 , had been more refractory still . It had been dissolved after a session of two months ; and during six years the King had governed without having recourse to the legislature . During ...
... second Parliament , called in the spring of 1614 , had been more refractory still . It had been dissolved after a session of two months ; and during six years the King had governed without having recourse to the legislature . During ...
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... second great charter of the liberties of England , known by the name of the Petition of Right . By agreeing to this act , the King bound himself to raise no taxes without the consent Macaulay , Essays . II . 3 of Parliament , to ...
... second great charter of the liberties of England , known by the name of the Petition of Right . By agreeing to this act , the King bound himself to raise no taxes without the consent Macaulay , Essays . II . 3 of Parliament , to ...
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... second campaign of Charles against the Scots was short and ignominious . His soldiers , as soon as they saw the enemy , ran away as English soldiers have never run either be- fore or since . It can scarcely be doubted that their flight ...
... second campaign of Charles against the Scots was short and ignominious . His soldiers , as soon as they saw the enemy , ran away as English soldiers have never run either be- fore or since . It can scarcely be doubted that their flight ...
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