Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Page 12
... give me light ; and as if the very stones in the street , and tiles upon the houses , did band themselves against me . Methought that they all com- bined together to banish me out of the world . I was abhorred of them , and unfit to ...
... give me light ; and as if the very stones in the street , and tiles upon the houses , did band themselves against me . Methought that they all com- bined together to banish me out of the world . I was abhorred of them , and unfit to ...
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... granted in all the exhortations of the priest . To remove it was to break innumerable associations , and to give a great and perilous shock to the principles . Yet this prejudice , strong 24 LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN .
... granted in all the exhortations of the priest . To remove it was to break innumerable associations , and to give a great and perilous shock to the principles . Yet this prejudice , strong 24 LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN .
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... give his reasons . He answered " that he could be content to lend as well as others , but feared to draw upon himself that curse in Magna Charta which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it . " For this spirited ...
... give his reasons . He answered " that he could be content to lend as well as others , but feared to draw upon himself that curse in Magna Charta which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it . " For this spirited ...
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... give him the charge of the edu- cation of the Prince of Wales , it cannot be doubted that his acquirements were considerable . Davila , it is said , was one of his favourite writers . The moderation of Davila's opinions and the ...
... give him the charge of the edu- cation of the Prince of Wales , it cannot be doubted that his acquirements were considerable . Davila , it is said , was one of his favourite writers . The moderation of Davila's opinions and the ...
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... give him a just testi- mony . " But his demeanour , though it impressed Lord Falk- land with the deepest respect , though it drew forth the praises of Solicitor - General Herbert , only kindled into a fiercer flame the ever - burning ...
... give him a just testi- mony . " But his demeanour , though it impressed Lord Falk- land with the deepest respect , though it drew forth the praises of Solicitor - General Herbert , only kindled into a fiercer flame the ever - burning ...
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