Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... ment in selecting his quotations . On what Boswell quoted he would have commented with perfect free- dom ; and the borrowed passages , so selected , and accompanied by such comments , would have become original . They would have ...
... ment in selecting his quotations . On what Boswell quoted he would have commented with perfect free- dom ; and the borrowed passages , so selected , and accompanied by such comments , would have become original . They would have ...
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... ment of letters . But soon after the accession of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the ...
... ment of letters . But soon after the accession of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the ...
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... ment which that Queen summoned in the year 1593 . William married Elizabeth Cromwell , aunt of the celebrated man who afterwards governed the British islands with more than regal power ; and from this marriage sprang John Hampden . He ...
... ment which that Queen summoned in the year 1593 . William married Elizabeth Cromwell , aunt of the celebrated man who afterwards governed the British islands with more than regal power ; and from this marriage sprang John Hampden . He ...
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... ment , ' says Clarendon , ' proved of more advantage and credit to the gentleman condemned than to the King's service . ' The courage which Hampden had shown on this occasion , as the same historian tells us , ' raised his reputation to ...
... ment , ' says Clarendon , ' proved of more advantage and credit to the gentleman condemned than to the King's service . ' The courage which Hampden had shown on this occasion , as the same historian tells us , ' raised his reputation to ...
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... ment was established at Edinburgh , and its authority was obeyed throughout the kingdom . This government raised an army , appointed a general , and summoned an assembly of the Kirk . The famous instrument called the Covenant was put ...
... ment was established at Edinburgh , and its authority was obeyed throughout the kingdom . This government raised an army , appointed a general , and summoned an assembly of the Kirk . The famous instrument called the Covenant was put ...
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