Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... SPAIN 1 17 · 81 114 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN 175 • THACKERAY'S HISTORY OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM 221 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION • 273 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
... SPAIN 1 17 · 81 114 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN 175 • THACKERAY'S HISTORY OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM 221 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION • 273 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
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... Spain , that the Constitution of Cadiz should be reestablished , that the Cortes should meet again , that the Spanish Prynnes and Burtons , who are now wandering in rags round Leicester Square , should be restored to their country ...
... Spain , that the Constitution of Cadiz should be reestablished , that the Cortes should meet again , that the Spanish Prynnes and Burtons , who are now wandering in rags round Leicester Square , should be restored to their country ...
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... Spain . But to this endurance there was a limit . If the go- vernment ventured to adopt measures which the people really felt to be oppressive , it was soon compelled to change its When Henry the Eighth attempted to raise a forced ...
... Spain . But to this endurance there was a limit . If the go- vernment ventured to adopt measures which the people really felt to be oppressive , it was soon compelled to change its When Henry the Eighth attempted to raise a forced ...
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... Spain . But what can be said in defence of a ruler who is at once in- different and intolerant ? If the great Queen , whose memory is still held in just veneration by Englishmen , had possessed sufficient virtue and sufficient ...
... Spain . But what can be said in defence of a ruler who is at once in- different and intolerant ? If the great Queen , whose memory is still held in just veneration by Englishmen , had possessed sufficient virtue and sufficient ...
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... may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . Macaulay , Essays . II . 8 WAR OF THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . ( JANUARY , BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 113.
... may swell to a bulk exceeding that of all other reviews , as much as Dr. Nares's book exceeds the bulk of all other histories . Macaulay , Essays . II . 8 WAR OF THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . ( JANUARY , BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 113.
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