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Page 64
... took place in our breed of public men is principally to be ascribed to the Revolution . Yet that memorable event , in a great measure , took its character from the very vices which it was the means of reforming . It was assuredly a ...
... took place in our breed of public men is principally to be ascribed to the Revolution . Yet that memorable event , in a great measure , took its character from the very vices which it was the means of reforming . It was assuredly a ...
Page 94
... took place under the administration of Thomas Cromwell ; and , though defeated in this attempt , they succeeded in depriving the clerical order of some of its most oppressive privileges . The splendid conquests of Henry the Fifth turned ...
... took place under the administration of Thomas Cromwell ; and , though defeated in this attempt , they succeeded in depriving the clerical order of some of its most oppressive privileges . The splendid conquests of Henry the Fifth turned ...
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... took place when Hampden was about twenty - five years old . At that age he was united to a woman whom he loved and ... took a principal part , were of scarcely less service to the country than his keen sagacity and his dauntless courage ...
... took place when Hampden was about twenty - five years old . At that age he was united to a woman whom he loved and ... took a principal part , were of scarcely less service to the country than his keen sagacity and his dauntless courage ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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