Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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Page 17
... question of the monopolies . Even the imperial Lioness was compelled to abandon her prey , and slowly and fiercely to recede before the assailants . The spirit of liberty grew with the growing wealth and intelligence of the people . The ...
... question of the monopolies . Even the imperial Lioness was compelled to abandon her prey , and slowly and fiercely to recede before the assailants . The spirit of liberty grew with the growing wealth and intelligence of the people . The ...
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... question , Hampden should be punished , and punished severely , " whipt , " says the insolent apostate , " whipt into his senses . If the rod , " he adds , " be so used that it smarts not , I am the more sorry . ” This is the ...
... question , Hampden should be punished , and punished severely , " whipt , " says the insolent apostate , " whipt into his senses . If the rod , " he adds , " be so used that it smarts not , I am the more sorry . ” This is the ...
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... question is about the mode of procedure and the rules of evidence , is no doubt sufficiently common . We often see a man convicted of a simple larceny on evidence on which he would not be convicted of a burglary . It sometimes happens ...
... question is about the mode of procedure and the rules of evidence , is no doubt sufficiently common . We often see a man convicted of a simple larceny on evidence on which he would not be convicted of a burglary . It sometimes happens ...
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... questions in our history , we will venture to state , at some length , the reasons which have led us to form an opinion on it contrary to that of a writer whose judgment we so highly respect . We will premise that we think worse of King ...
... questions in our history , we will venture to state , at some length , the reasons which have led us to form an opinion on it contrary to that of a writer whose judgment we so highly respect . We will premise that we think worse of King ...
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... question the whole history of his third Parliament , the price which he exacted for assenting to the Petition of Right , the perfidy with which he violated his engagements , the death of Eliot , the barbarous punishments inflicted by ...
... question the whole history of his third Parliament , the price which he exacted for assenting to the Petition of Right , the perfidy with which he violated his engagements , the death of Eliot , the barbarous punishments inflicted by ...
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