Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 72
... body , it could select its points of attack , and it naturally chose those on which it was likely to receive public support . As a ruling body , it has neither the same liberty of choice , nor the same motives to gratify the people ...
... body , it could select its points of attack , and it naturally chose those on which it was likely to receive public support . As a ruling body , it has neither the same liberty of choice , nor the same motives to gratify the people ...
Page 185
... body of men , perhaps , which the world has ever produced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may read them ; nor have there been wanting attentive and malicious observers to point them ...
... body of men , perhaps , which the world has ever produced . The odious and ridiculous parts of their character lie on the surface . He that runs may read them ; nor have there been wanting attentive and malicious observers to point them ...
Page 245
... body to which they belong , and for a theatre on which their own talents have been advantageously displayed . To ... body , something of the character of a checking body must be given to the body which conducts the executive ...
... body to which they belong , and for a theatre on which their own talents have been advantageously displayed . To ... body , something of the character of a checking body must be given to the body which conducts the executive ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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