Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 93
... side of the government , and the insurgents were speedily put down and punished . The Kentish gentlemen who took up ... side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a ...
... side of the government , and the insurgents were speedily put down and punished . The Kentish gentlemen who took up ... side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a ...
Page 252
... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
Page 434
... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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