Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... mind cor- responds strikingly with that of his style . His work is eminently judicial . Its whole spirit is that of the bench , not that of the bar . He sums up with a calm , steady impartiality , turning neither to the right nor to the ...
... mind cor- responds strikingly with that of his style . His work is eminently judicial . Its whole spirit is that of the bench , not that of the bar . He sums up with a calm , steady impartiality , turning neither to the right nor to the ...
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... mind . He assisted , while Henry lived , in condemning to the flames those who denied the doctrine of transubstantiation . He found out , as soon as Henry was dead , that the doctrine was false . He was , however , not at a loss for ...
... mind . He assisted , while Henry lived , in condemning to the flames those who denied the doctrine of transubstantiation . He found out , as soon as Henry was dead , that the doctrine was false . He was , however , not at a loss for ...
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... mind had not expansion enough to compre- hend a great scheme , good or bad . His oppressive acts were not , like those of the Earl of Strafford , parts of an extensive system . They were the luxuries in which a mean and irritable ...
... mind had not expansion enough to compre- hend a great scheme , good or bad . His oppressive acts were not , like those of the Earl of Strafford , parts of an extensive system . They were the luxuries in which a mean and irritable ...
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... minds with fortitude adequate to the occasion . Charles died patiently and bravely ; not more patiently or bravely ... mind received great consolation from one reflection : he had always taken off his hat when he went into a church ...
... minds with fortitude adequate to the occasion . Charles died patiently and bravely ; not more patiently or bravely ... mind received great consolation from one reflection : he had always taken off his hat when he went into a church ...
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... mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelioration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive , was not in the character of the men , but in the character of the revolutions by ...
... mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelioration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive , was not in the character of the men , but in the character of the revolutions by ...
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