Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 50
... success , was the best kind of poetry . In his biographical work he has re- peatedly laid it down as an undeniable proposition that during the latter part of the seventeenth century , and the earlier part of the eighteenth , English ...
... success , was the best kind of poetry . In his biographical work he has re- peatedly laid it down as an undeniable proposition that during the latter part of the seventeenth century , and the earlier part of the eighteenth , English ...
Page 116
... success of their own faction . We are utterly unable to see any distinction between the case of the Scotch invasion in 1640 , and the case of the Dutch invasion in 1688 ; or rather , we see distinctions which are to the advantage of ...
... success of their own faction . We are utterly unable to see any distinction between the case of the Scotch invasion in 1640 , and the case of the Dutch invasion in 1688 ; or rather , we see distinctions which are to the advantage of ...
Page 183
... success to a man who , finding himself placed , without any exertion or any merit on his part , above the mass of society , voluntarily descends from his eminence in search of distinctions which he may justly call his own . This is , we ...
... success to a man who , finding himself placed , without any exertion or any merit on his part , above the mass of society , voluntarily descends from his eminence in search of distinctions which he may justly call his own . This is , we ...
Page 201
... success by the factions which surrounded the miserable King . On the side of the Imperial family was the Queen , herself a Princess of that family . With her were allied the confessor of the King , and most of the ministers . On the ...
... success by the factions which surrounded the miserable King . On the side of the Imperial family was the Queen , herself a Princess of that family . With her were allied the confessor of the King , and most of the ministers . On the ...
Page 219
... success were seen With means the most inadequate and low ; Most master of himself , and least encumbered , When overmatched , entangled , and outnumbered . " In June 1705 , this remarkable man arrived in Lisbon with five thousand Dutch ...
... success were seen With means the most inadequate and low ; Most master of himself , and least encumbered , When overmatched , entangled , and outnumbered . " In June 1705 , this remarkable man arrived in Lisbon with five thousand Dutch ...
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