Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... admirable . Hole after hole has been picked in the " Clive " and the " Hastings , " the " Johnson " and the " Addison , " the " Frederick " and the " Horace Walpole , " yet every one of these papers contains sketches , sum- maries ...
... admirable . Hole after hole has been picked in the " Clive " and the " Hastings , " the " Johnson " and the " Addison , " the " Frederick " and the " Horace Walpole , " yet every one of these papers contains sketches , sum- maries ...
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... admiration oscillates between the most worthless of rebels and the most worthless of oppressors , between Marten , the disgrace of the High Court of Justice , and Laud , the disgrace of the Star - Chamber . He can forgive anything 4 ...
... admiration oscillates between the most worthless of rebels and the most worthless of oppressors , between Marten , the disgrace of the High Court of Justice , and Laud , the disgrace of the Star - Chamber . He can forgive anything 4 ...
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... admiration . Yet we doubt whether ten of the ten thousand ever thought of going on such an expedition . Why should we suppose that conscientious motives , feeble as they are constantly found to be 8 Macaulay's Essays.
... admiration . Yet we doubt whether ten of the ten thousand ever thought of going on such an expedition . Why should we suppose that conscientious motives , feeble as they are constantly found to be 8 Macaulay's Essays.
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... admiration of the patriotism , the energy , the decision , the con- summate wisdom , which marked the measures of that great Parliament , from the day on which it met to the commence- ment of civil hostilities . The impeachment of ...
... admiration of the patriotism , the energy , the decision , the con- summate wisdom , which marked the measures of that great Parliament , from the day on which it met to the commence- ment of civil hostilities . The impeachment of ...
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... admiration of Charles that Mr. Hallam disapproves of the conduct of the Houses in resorting to arms . But he thinks that any attempt on the part of that Prince to establish a despotism would have been as strongly opposed by his ...
... admiration of Charles that Mr. Hallam disapproves of the conduct of the Houses in resorting to arms . But he thinks that any attempt on the part of that Prince to establish a despotism would have been as strongly opposed by his ...
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