Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 30
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling ...
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the oppressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with an unwonted fear . Of those principles , then struggling ...
Page 56
... Thousands and tens of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Shipmoney and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the benefits ...
... Thousands and tens of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against Shipmoney and the Star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the benefits ...
Page 69
... 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- nually ...
... 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- nually ...
Page 70
... 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 the fine arts was ...
... 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 the fine arts was ...
Page 75
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted during the prosperous times of Italy was peculiarly un- favourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
... thousands of these household enemies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted during the prosperous times of Italy was peculiarly un- favourable to the formation of an efficient militia . Men covered with iron ...
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