Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 255
... seems to have made the strongest impression on his contemporaries . By Dryden he is described as " of piercing wit and pregnant thought , Endued by nature and by learning taught To move assemblies . " His oratory is utterly and ...
... seems to have made the strongest impression on his contemporaries . By Dryden he is described as " of piercing wit and pregnant thought , Endued by nature and by learning taught To move assemblies . " His oratory is utterly and ...
Page 272
... seems to be that he was more religiously disposed than most of the statesmen of that age , though two impulses which were un- usually strong in him , a passion for ludicrous images , and a passion for subtle speculations , sometimes ...
... seems to be that he was more religiously disposed than most of the statesmen of that age , though two impulses which were un- usually strong in him , a passion for ludicrous images , and a passion for subtle speculations , sometimes ...
Page 508
... seems to us to have been constitutionally the very opposite of a knave , bold even to temerity , sincere even to indiscretion , hearty in friendship , open in enmity . Neither in his private life , nor in those parts of his public life ...
... seems to us to have been constitutionally the very opposite of a knave , bold even to temerity , sincere even to indiscretion , hearty in friendship , open in enmity . Neither in his private life , nor in those parts of his public life ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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