Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Con- sidered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
... conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Con- sidered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of ...
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... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes ...
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high and of an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes ...
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... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves that a large portion of his countrymen still think it unjustifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history . The ...
... conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves that a large portion of his countrymen still think it unjustifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less understood , than any event in English history . The ...
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Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according as the resistance of the people to Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or ...
Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according as the resistance of the people to Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or ...
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... conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the ...
... conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution , and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the ...
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