Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Page 12
... head ; but methought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the heavens did grudge 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 ...
... head ; but methought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the heavens did grudge 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 ...
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... head of his countrymen , and right before the face and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , pe- rilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service the intellect and the ...
... head of his countrymen , and right before the face and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , pe- rilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service the intellect and the ...
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... head of a family which had been settled in Buckinghamshire before the Conquest . Part of the estate which he inherited had been bestowed by Edward the Confessor on Baldwyn de Hampden , whose name seems to indicate that he was one of the ...
... head of a family which had been settled in Buckinghamshire before the Conquest . Part of the estate which he inherited had been bestowed by Edward the Confessor on Baldwyn de Hampden , whose name seems to indicate that he was one of the ...
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... Head of the Church from Clement to Henry ; but it was impossible to transfer to the new establishment the veneration which the old establishment had inspired . Mankind had not broken one yoke in pieces only in order to put on another ...
... Head of the Church from Clement to Henry ; but it was impossible to transfer to the new establishment the veneration which the old establishment had inspired . Mankind had not broken one yoke in pieces only in order to put on another ...
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... head of a force sufficient , as it seemed , to reduce the Covenanters to submission . But Charles acted at this conjuncture as he acted at every important conjuncture throughout his life . After oppressing , threatening , and blustering ...
... head of a force sufficient , as it seemed , to reduce the Covenanters to submission . But Charles acted at this conjuncture as he acted at every important conjuncture throughout his life . After oppressing , threatening , and blustering ...
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