Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... England . Yet in spite of her knowledge she believes ; she weeps ; she trembles ; she dares not go into a dark room lest she should feel the teeth of the monster at her throat . Such is the des- potism of the imagination over ...
... England . Yet in spite of her knowledge she believes ; she weeps ; she trembles ; she dares not go into a dark room lest she should feel the teeth of the monster at her throat . Such is the des- potism of the imagination over ...
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... England has derived from the Revolution these people are utterly insensible The expulsion of a tyrant , the solemn recognition of popular rights , liberty , security , toleration , all go for nothing with them . One sect there was ...
... England has derived from the Revolution these people are utterly insensible The expulsion of a tyrant , the solemn recognition of popular rights , liberty , security , toleration , all go for nothing with them . One sect there was ...
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... England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warmest Royalists , and to the con- fessions of the ...
... England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warmest Royalists , and to the con- fessions of the ...
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... England claim for those who lie beneath them . A good father ! A good husband ! Ample apo- logies indeed for fifteen years of persecution , tyranny , and falsehood ! We charge him with having broken his coronation oath ; and we are told ...
... England claim for those who lie beneath them . A good father ! A good husband ! Ample apo- logies indeed for fifteen years of persecution , tyranny , and falsehood ! We charge him with having broken his coronation oath ; and we are told ...
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... England the curse of a Venetian oligarchy . But even when thus placed by violence at the head of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power . He gave the country a constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been ...
... England the curse of a Venetian oligarchy . But even when thus placed by violence at the head of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power . He gave the country a constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been ...
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