Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... considered as trifling . It was to stop an infection which , as they believed , hurried to certain perdition every soul which it seized , that they employed their fire and steel . The measures of the English government with respect to ...
... considered as trifling . It was to stop an infection which , as they believed , hurried to certain perdition every soul which it seized , that they employed their fire and steel . The measures of the English government with respect to ...
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... considered , still stronger reasons might be found for preferring Elizabeth to Jane . There was great doubt whether Jane or the Queen of Scotland had the better claim ; and that doubt would , in all probability , have produced a war ...
... considered , still stronger reasons might be found for preferring Elizabeth to Jane . There was great doubt whether Jane or the Queen of Scotland had the better claim ; and that doubt would , in all probability , have produced a war ...
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... considered , and though it is , like the rest , evidently written in a spirit of perfect impartiality , appears to us , in many points , objectionable . We pass to the year 1640. The fate of the short Parliament held in that year ...
... considered , and though it is , like the rest , evidently written in a spirit of perfect impartiality , appears to us , in many points , objectionable . We pass to the year 1640. The fate of the short Parliament held in that year ...
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... considered as out of danger , or , at least , that it had more to apprehend from the war than from the King . On this subject Mr. Hallam dilates at length , and with conspicuous ability . We will offer a few considerations which lead us ...
... considered as out of danger , or , at least , that it had more to apprehend from the war than from the King . On this subject Mr. Hallam dilates at length , and with conspicuous ability . We will offer a few considerations which lead us ...
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... considered as a virtue . Laud is anxious to accom- modate satisfactorily the disputes in the University of Dublin . He regrets to hear that a church is used as a stable , and that the benefices of Ireland are very poor . He is desirous ...
... considered as a virtue . Laud is anxious to accom- modate satisfactorily the disputes in the University of Dublin . He regrets to hear that a church is used as a stable , and that the benefices of Ireland are very poor . He is desirous ...
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