Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... showed so much . of him , that three tall Germans would in vain have attempted to reach to his hair . " We are sensible that we do no justice to the admirable style of the Floren- tine poet . But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand ...
... showed so much . of him , that three tall Germans would in vain have attempted to reach to his hair . " We are sensible that we do no justice to the admirable style of the Floren- tine poet . But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand ...
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... showed , that it was not from any respect for the Constitution , or from any sense of the deep criminality of the plans in which Strafford and himself had been engaged , that he gave up his minister to the axe . It became evident that ...
... showed , that it was not from any respect for the Constitution , or from any sense of the deep criminality of the plans in which Strafford and himself had been engaged , that he gave up his minister to the axe . It became evident that ...
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... , such as Cromwell , had begun to talk of selling their estates and leaving England . The event soon showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid 148 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... , such as Cromwell , had begun to talk of selling their estates and leaving England . The event soon showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid 148 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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... showed no disposition to con- cede any vital principle . In the fulness of their success , they showed no disposition to encroach be- yond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as ...
... showed no disposition to con- cede any vital principle . In the fulness of their success , they showed no disposition to encroach be- yond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as ...
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... showed any signs of a legislative mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelioration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive was not in the character of the men , but in the ...
... showed any signs of a legislative mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelioration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive was not in the character of the men , but in the ...
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