Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... hand , to extract the philosophy of history , to direct our judgment of events and men , to trace the connection of causes and effects , and to draw from the occurrences of former times general lessons of moral and political wisdom ...
... hand , to extract the philosophy of history , to direct our judgment of events and men , to trace the connection of causes and effects , and to draw from the occurrences of former times general lessons of moral and political wisdom ...
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... hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sidney on the scaffold is enthusiastically toasted by many an honest radical who would be puzzled to explain the difference between Ship - money and the Habeas Corpus Act . It may ...
... hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sidney on the scaffold is enthusiastically toasted by many an honest radical who would be puzzled to explain the difference between Ship - money and the Habeas Corpus Act . It may ...
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... hand , she continued to be , for more than a hundred and fifty years , the servile handmaid of monarchy , the steady enemy of public liberty . The divine right of kings , and the duty of passively obeying all their commands , were her ...
... hand , she continued to be , for more than a hundred and fifty years , the servile handmaid of monarchy , the steady enemy of public liberty . The divine right of kings , and the duty of passively obeying all their commands , were her ...
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... hand , James hated the Puritans with more than the hatred of Elizabeth . Her aversion to them was political ; his ... hands of the sovereign so much as a hierarchy which consists of several ranks , differing in dignity and emolument ...
... hand , James hated the Puritans with more than the hatred of Elizabeth . Her aversion to them was political ; his ... hands of the sovereign so much as a hierarchy which consists of several ranks , differing in dignity and emolument ...
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... hand , a tyrant , whose whole life was a lie , who hated the Constitution the more because he had been compelled to feign respect for it , and to whom his own honour and the love of his people were as nothing , would select such a ...
... hand , a tyrant , whose whole life was a lie , who hated the Constitution the more because he had been compelled to feign respect for it , and to whom his own honour and the love of his people were as nothing , would select such a ...
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