Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... long lost Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland , Milton finished after the ... parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been Macaulay , Essays ...
... long lost Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland , Milton finished after the ... parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been Macaulay , Essays ...
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... long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parliament is good ; but it breaks off at the most interesting crisis of the ...
... long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parliament is good ; but it breaks off at the most interesting crisis of the ...
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... Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the Second to which a parallel is not to be found in the history of ...
... Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the Second to which a parallel is not to be found in the history of ...
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... Long Parliament acted on the same principle , and is entitled to the same praise . They could not trust the King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced ...
... Long Parliament acted on the same principle , and is entitled to the same praise . They could not trust the King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced ...
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... parliament of Charles , and the tyrannical measures which followed its dis- solution , are extremely well described ... long intermission of parliaments , and after a long series of cruelties and illegal imposts , they seemed inclined to ...
... parliament of Charles , and the tyrannical measures which followed its dis- solution , are extremely well described ... long intermission of parliaments , and after a long series of cruelties and illegal imposts , they seemed inclined to ...
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