Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... masters . The words bard and inspiration , which seem so cold and affected when applied to other modern writers , have a perfect propriety when applied to him . He was not an author , but a bard . His poetry seems not to have been an ...
... masters . The words bard and inspiration , which seem so cold and affected when applied to other modern writers , have a perfect propriety when applied to him . He was not an author , but a bard . His poetry seems not to have been an ...
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... master of the principles of the English law . In 1619 he married Elizabeth Symeon , a lady to whom he appears to have been fondly attached . In the following year he was returned to Parliament by a borough which has in our time obtained ...
... master of the principles of the English law . In 1619 he married Elizabeth Symeon , a lady to whom he appears to have been fondly attached . In the following year he was returned to Parliament by a borough which has in our time obtained ...
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... master of 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 ...
... master of 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 ...
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... The sweet lads , as James called them , came back safe , but without their errand . The great master of king - craft , in looking for a Spanish match , had found a Spanish war . In February , 1624 30 LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN .
... The sweet lads , as James called them , came back safe , but without their errand . The great master of king - craft , in looking for a Spanish match , had found a Spanish war . In February , 1624 30 LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN .
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... master of parliamentary tac- tics than any man of his time , saw that this was the prevailing feeling , and availed himself of it with great dexterity . He moved that the question should be put , " Whether the House would consent to the ...
... master of parliamentary tac- tics than any man of his time , saw that this was the prevailing feeling , and availed himself of it with great dexterity . He moved that the question should be put , " Whether the House would consent to the ...
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