Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... successful have a picturesque anima- tion , and convey an impression of power that will not easily be matched . And , again , we need to bear in mind that they were the productions of a writer immersed in business , written in his ...
... successful have a picturesque anima- tion , and convey an impression of power that will not easily be matched . And , again , we need to bear in mind that they were the productions of a writer immersed in business , written in his ...
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... successful usurper . That it was not servile its conduct on many occasions of inferior importance is sufficient to prove . But surely it was not strange that the majority of the nobles , and of the deputies chosen by the commons ...
... successful usurper . That it was not servile its conduct on many occasions of inferior importance is sufficient to prove . But surely it was not strange that the majority of the nobles , and of the deputies chosen by the commons ...
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... success of the cause which he had espoused , disgusted by the courtiers of Oxford , as he had been disgusted by the patriots of Westminster , yet bound by honour not to abandon the cause for which he was in arms , he pined away ...
... success of the cause which he had espoused , disgusted by the courtiers of Oxford , as he had been disgusted by the patriots of Westminster , yet bound by honour not to abandon the cause for which he was in arms , he pined away ...
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... success , who relax its discipline and dishonour its flag by their irregularities , and who , after a disaster , are perfectly ready to cut the throats and rifle the baggage of their companions . Thus it is in every great division ; and ...
... success , who relax its discipline and dishonour its flag by their irregularities , and who , after a disaster , are perfectly ready to cut the throats and rifle the baggage of their companions . Thus it is in every great division ; and ...
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... success , they showed no disposition to encroach beyond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as well as political wisdom and courage . Mr. The Parliament was certainly far from ...
... success , they showed no disposition to encroach beyond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as well as political wisdom and courage . Mr. The Parliament was certainly far from ...
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