Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 35
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with re- spect to the Petition of ...
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with re- spect to the Petition of ...
Page 42
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first prin- ciples . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the ...
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first prin- ciples . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the ...
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... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
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... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equi- valent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded an ...
... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equi- valent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded an ...
Page 70
... hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thousand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and of ...
... hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thousand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and of ...
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