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... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
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population would have been opposed to the Catholics . On the one side would have been a vast numerical superiority . But on the other side would have been the whole organization of government , and two great disciplined armies , that of ...
population would have been opposed to the Catholics . On the one side would have been a vast numerical superiority . But on the other side would have been the whole organization of government , and two great disciplined armies , that of ...
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... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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