Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... enemies ; yet not entitled to any extraordinary veneration . " We will venture to expand the sense of Mr. Hallam , and to comment on it thus : -If we consider Cranmer merely as a statesman , he will not appear a much worse man than ...
... enemies ; yet not entitled to any extraordinary veneration . " We will venture to expand the sense of Mr. Hallam , and to comment on it thus : -If we consider Cranmer merely as a statesman , he will not appear a much worse man than ...
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... enemies , belongs to the character . Slaves of his class are never vindictive , and never grateful . A present interest effaces past services and past injuries from their minds together . Their only object is self - preservation ; and ...
... enemies , belongs to the character . Slaves of his class are never vindictive , and never grateful . A present interest effaces past services and past injuries from their minds together . Their only object is self - preservation ; and ...
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... enemies of public liberty have been distinguished by their private virtues . But Strafford was the same throughout . As was the statesman , such was the kinsman and such the lover . His conduct towards Lord Mountmorris is recorded by ...
... enemies of public liberty have been distinguished by their private virtues . But Strafford was the same throughout . As was the statesman , such was the kinsman and such the lover . His conduct towards Lord Mountmorris is recorded by ...
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... enemies ? There were some points which we know that Charles would not concede , and for which he was will- ing to risk the chances of the civil war . Ought not a King , who will make a stand for anything , to make a stand for the ...
... enemies ? There were some points which we know that Charles would not concede , and for which he was will- ing to risk the chances of the civil war . Ought not a King , who will make a stand for anything , to make a stand for the ...
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... enemy most when most completely prostrated . The fate of the Coalition Ministry in 1784 is perhaps the strongest instance in our history of the operation of this principle . A few weeks turned the ablest and most extended Ministry that ...
... enemy most when most completely prostrated . The fate of the Coalition Ministry in 1784 is perhaps the strongest instance in our history of the operation of this principle . A few weeks turned the ablest and most extended Ministry that ...
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