Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... spirit of the town had never been subdued either by fire or by hunger . The Restoration had produced no effect on the temper of the Taunton men . They had still continued to celebrate the anniversary of the happy day on which the siege ...
... spirit of the town had never been subdued either by fire or by hunger . The Restoration had produced no effect on the temper of the Taunton men . They had still continued to celebrate the anniversary of the happy day on which the siege ...
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... spirit dared the worst that could befall him here or hereafter . How much of this morbid feeling sprang from an original disease of the mind , how much from real misfortune , how much from the nervousness of dissipation , how much was ...
... spirit dared the worst that could befall him here or hereafter . How much of this morbid feeling sprang from an original disease of the mind , how much from real misfortune , how much from the nervousness of dissipation , how much was ...
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... spirit . But the spirit , though adjured with all solemnity , remained obstinately silent ; and it soon appeared that a naughty girl of eleven had been amusing herself by making fools of so many philosophers . Churchill , who ...
... spirit . But the spirit , though adjured with all solemnity , remained obstinately silent ; and it soon appeared that a naughty girl of eleven had been amusing herself by making fools of so many philosophers . Churchill , who ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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