Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... honour the gods whom the state honoured , and bequeathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing credulity and enthusiasm in the veneration which the most discerning men pay to their political ...
... honour the gods whom the state honoured , and bequeathed a cock to Esculapius with his dying breath . So there is often a portion of willing credulity and enthusiasm in the veneration which the most discerning men pay to their political ...
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... honour was pledged , soon showed that he did not scruple to break every law and forfeit every pledge , in order to work the ruin of his opponents . " Put not your trust in princes ! " was the expression of the fallen minister , when he ...
... honour was pledged , soon showed that he did not scruple to break every law and forfeit every pledge , in order to work the ruin of his opponents . " Put not your trust in princes ! " was the expression of the fallen minister , when he ...
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... honour and the love of his people were as nothing , would select such a crisis for some appalling violation of the law , for some stroke which might remove the chiefs of an Opposition , and intimidate the herd . This Charles attempted ...
... honour and the love of his people were as nothing , would select such a crisis for some appalling violation of the law , for some stroke which might remove the chiefs of an Opposition , and intimidate the herd . This Charles attempted ...
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... honour that it was always from the stronger to the weaker side that he deserted . While Charles was oppressing the people , Falkland was a resolute champion of liberty . He attacked Strafford . He even con- curred in strong measures ...
... honour that it was always from the stronger to the weaker side that he deserted . While Charles was oppressing the people , Falkland was a resolute champion of liberty . He attacked Strafford . He even con- curred in strong measures ...
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... honour . He suffered a crazy Quaker to insult him in the gallery of Whitehall , and revenged himself only by liberating him and giving him a dinner . But he was prepared to risk the chances of war to avenge the blood of a private ...
... honour . He suffered a crazy Quaker to insult him in the gallery of Whitehall , and revenged himself only by liberating him and giving him a dinner . But he was prepared to risk the chances of war to avenge the blood of a private ...
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