Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 353
... Opposition which , under pretence of assailing the existing administration , was in truth assailing the reigning dynasty . The young republican , fresh from his Livy and his Lucan , and glowing with admiration of Hampden , of Russell ...
... Opposition which , under pretence of assailing the existing administration , was in truth assailing the reigning dynasty . The young republican , fresh from his Livy and his Lucan , and glowing with admiration of Hampden , of Russell ...
Page 362
... opposition . They were now dis- posed to surrender themselves implicitly to the management of Ministers , and to look with suspicion and contempt on all who pretended to public spirit . The name of patriot had become a by - word of ...
... opposition . They were now dis- posed to surrender themselves implicitly to the management of Ministers , and to look with suspicion and contempt on all who pretended to public spirit . The name of patriot had become a by - word of ...
Page 374
... Opposition . The Tories furnished little more than rows of ponderous foxhunters , fat with Staffordshire or Devonshire ale , men who drank to the King over the water , and believed that all the fundholders were Jews , men whose religion ...
... Opposition . The Tories furnished little more than rows of ponderous foxhunters , fat with Staffordshire or Devonshire ale , men who drank to the King over the water , and believed that all the fundholders were Jews , men whose religion ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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