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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. PR 4963 .AI 1913 321658 FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION , 1907 REPRINTED 1909 , 1911 , 1913 10 EDITOR'S NOTE A FRENCH student of English letters ( M.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. PR 4963 .AI 1913 321658 FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION , 1907 REPRINTED 1909 , 1911 , 1913 10 EDITOR'S NOTE A FRENCH student of English letters ( M.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. EDITOR'S NOTE A FRENCH student of English letters ( M. Paul Oursel ) has written the following lines : - " Depuis deux siècles les Essais forment une branche importante de la littérature anglaise ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. EDITOR'S NOTE A FRENCH student of English letters ( M. Paul Oursel ) has written the following lines : - " Depuis deux siècles les Essais forment une branche importante de la littérature anglaise ...
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... French monarchy than the Catholics have ever given to the English monarchy since the Reformation ; and that too with much less excuse . The true distinction is perfectly obvious . To punish a man because he has committed a crime , or ...
... French monarchy than the Catholics have ever given to the English monarchy since the Reformation ; and that too with much less excuse . The true distinction is perfectly obvious . To punish a man because he has committed a crime , or ...
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... French Revolution , that Infidelity is connected with Republicanism . It is perfectly true that a church con- stituted on the Calvinistic model will not strengthen the hands of the sovereign so much as a hierarchy which consists of ...
... French Revolution , that Infidelity is connected with Republicanism . It is perfectly true that a church con- stituted on the Calvinistic model will not strengthen the hands of the sovereign so much as a hierarchy which consists of ...
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... French Emperor is among conquerors what Voltaire is among writers , a miraculous child . His splendid genius was frequently clouded by fits of humour as absurdly perverse as those of the pet of the nursery , who quarrels with his food ...
... French Emperor is among conquerors what Voltaire is among writers , a miraculous child . His splendid genius was frequently clouded by fits of humour as absurdly perverse as those of the pet of the nursery , who quarrels with his food ...
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