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Page 254
... brought out his theorem , leaves the reader to make the application , without adding an allusion to particular men , or to passing events . This speculative turn of mind rendered him a bad adviser in cases which required celerity . He ...
... brought out his theorem , leaves the reader to make the application , without adding an allusion to particular men , or to passing events . This speculative turn of mind rendered him a bad adviser in cases which required celerity . He ...
Page 306
... brought to light some new falsehood or contradiction in the stories of Oates and Bedloe . The people were glutted with the blood of Papists , as they had , twenty years before , been glutted with the blood of regicides . When the first ...
... brought to light some new falsehood or contradiction in the stories of Oates and Bedloe . The people were glutted with the blood of Papists , as they had , twenty years before , been glutted with the blood of regicides . When the first ...
Page 421
... brought tears into the eyes , by originality in devising plans , by vigour in executing them . Grenville , on the other hand , was by nature and habit a man of details . He had been bred a lawyer ; and he had brought the industry and ...
... brought tears into the eyes , by originality in devising plans , by vigour in executing them . Grenville , on the other hand , was by nature and habit a man of details . He had been bred a lawyer ; and he had brought the industry and ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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