Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been Macaulay , Essays . I. 1 brought to the office in which it has been found MILTON •
... Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been Macaulay , Essays . I. 1 brought to the office in which it has been found MILTON •
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... Whigs of that period , have no sooner crossed St. George's Channel , than they begin to fill their bumpers to the glorious and immortal memory . They may truly boast that they look not at men , but at measures . So that evil be done ...
... Whigs of that period , have no sooner crossed St. George's Channel , than they begin to fill their bumpers to the glorious and immortal memory . They may truly boast that they look not at men , but at measures . So that evil be done ...
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... Whigs , when charters were invaded , when Jefferies and Kirke were making Somersetshire what Lauder- dale and Graham had made Scotland , where were the ten thousand brisk boys of Shaftesbury , the members of ignora- mus juries , the ...
... Whigs , when charters were invaded , when Jefferies and Kirke were making Somersetshire what Lauder- dale and Graham had made Scotland , where were the ten thousand brisk boys of Shaftesbury , the members of ignora- mus juries , the ...
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... Whigs and to Charles himself , we must admit that they were not so shameful or atrocious as at the present day they appear . The effect of violent animosities between parties has always been an indifference to the general welfare and ...
... Whigs and to Charles himself , we must admit that they were not so shameful or atrocious as at the present day they appear . The effect of violent animosities between parties has always been an indifference to the general welfare and ...
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... Whigs long looked to Holland , the High Tories to France . The former concluded the Barrier Treaty ; the latter entreated the Court of Versailles to send an expedition to England . Many men who , however erroneous their political ...
... Whigs long looked to Holland , the High Tories to France . The former concluded the Barrier Treaty ; the latter entreated the Court of Versailles to send an expedition to England . Many men who , however erroneous their political ...
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