Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 33
... subjects was the characteristic evil of the times . The royal prerogatives were not even sufficient for the defence of property and the maintenance of police . The progress of civilisation introduced a great change . War became a ...
... subjects was the characteristic evil of the times . The royal prerogatives were not even sufficient for the defence of property and the maintenance of police . The progress of civilisation introduced a great change . War became a ...
Page 309
... subjects from penal laws and disabilities which hardly any person now considers as just . He ought , therefore , to be regarded as blameless , or , at worst , as guilty only of employing irregular means to effect a most praiseworthy ...
... subjects from penal laws and disabilities which hardly any person now considers as just . He ought , therefore , to be regarded as blameless , or , at worst , as guilty only of employing irregular means to effect a most praiseworthy ...
Page 344
... subjects which men of great talents have in vain endeavoured to render popular . When we compare the Historic Doubts ... subject . He keeps only what is in itself amusing or what can be made so by the artifice of his diction . The ...
... subjects which men of great talents have in vain endeavoured to render popular . When we compare the Historic Doubts ... subject . He keeps only what is in itself amusing or what can be made so by the artifice of his diction . The ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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