Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 34
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling ...
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling ...
Page 61
... Thousands and tens of thou- sands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Ship - money and the Star - Chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the ...
... Thousands and tens of thou- sands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Ship - money and the Star - Chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the ...
Page 76
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
Page 82
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted during the pro- sperous times of Italy was peculiarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted during the pro- sperous times of Italy was peculiarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
Page 88
... thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a ...
... thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a ...
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