Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 88
... means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her decrees into execution , for resisting foreign enemies , and for crushing domestic treason . There was not a ward in the city , there was not a hundred in any ...
... means , and the only means , which she had at her command for carrying her decrees into execution , for resisting foreign enemies , and for crushing domestic treason . There was not a ward in the city , there was not a hundred in any ...
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... mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination , the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
... mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination , the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
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... means of the Parliament itself , at another time by means of the courts of law , that he attempted to regain for the Crown its old predominance . He began with great advantages . The Parliament of 1661 was called while the nation was ...
... means of the Parliament itself , at another time by means of the courts of law , that he attempted to regain for the Crown its old predominance . He began with great advantages . The Parliament of 1661 was called while the nation was ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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