Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... 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 •
... 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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... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to up- hold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to up- hold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
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... followed . of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the state which they served , who lost by the ...
... followed . of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the state which they served , who lost by the ...
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... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
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... followed the Revolution . That James and Charles should have been mistaken in this point is not surprising . But we are astonished , we must confess , that men of our own time , men who have before them the proof of what toleration can ...
... followed the Revolution . That James and Charles should have been mistaken in this point is not surprising . But we are astonished , we must confess , that men of our own time , men who have before them the proof of what toleration can ...
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