Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... Charles's faction . Those writers have carefully preserved every little circumstance which could tend to make their opponents odious or con- temptible . They have made themselves merry with the cant of injudicious zealots . They have ...
... Charles's faction . Those writers have carefully preserved every little circumstance which could tend to make their opponents odious or con- temptible . They have made themselves merry with the cant of injudicious zealots . They have ...
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... Charles the Bold . Comines , who had lived amidst the wealthy cities of Flanders , and who had visited Florence and Venice , had never seen a people so well governed as the English . " Or selon mon advis , " says he , " entre toutes les ...
... Charles the Bold . Comines , who had lived amidst the wealthy cities of Flanders , and who had visited Florence and Venice , had never seen a people so well governed as the English . " Or selon mon advis , " says he , " entre toutes les ...
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... Charles the First would have made it , but promptly and cordially . Before a bill could be framed or an address presented , she applied a remedy to the evil of which the nation complained . She expressed in the warmest terms her ...
... Charles the First would have made it , but promptly and cordially . Before a bill could be framed or an address presented , she applied a remedy to the evil of which the nation complained . She expressed in the warmest terms her ...
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... Charles the First might have died of old age , and James the 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 ...
... Charles the First might have died of old age , and James the 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 ...
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... Charles in triumph to Madrid . 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 ...
... Charles in triumph to Madrid . 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 ...
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