Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in con- sequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been found . But whatever the adventures of the ...
... followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in con- sequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it has been found . But whatever the adventures of the ...
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... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to uphold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to uphold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
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... some length . During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisa-
... some length . During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisa-
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... instantly turning his arms against his late masters . The soldier was altogether disjoined from the citizen and from the subject . The natural consequences followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended.
... instantly turning his arms against his late masters . The soldier was altogether disjoined from the citizen and from the subject . The natural consequences followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. COURAGE VERSUS INGENUITY 85 Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. COURAGE VERSUS INGENUITY 85 Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely ...
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