Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... whole , not unworthy of the matter . The language , even where most faulty , is weighty and massive , and indicates strong sense in every line . It often rises to an eloquence , not florid or impassioned , but high , grave , and sober ...
... whole , not unworthy of the matter . The language , even where most faulty , is weighty and massive , and indicates strong sense in every line . It often rises to an eloquence , not florid or impassioned , but high , grave , and sober ...
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... whole design . Reluctantly and sullenly the government at last joined the Protestants . In forming this junction , its object was to procure as much aid as possible for its selfish under- taking , and to make the smallest possible ...
... whole design . Reluctantly and sullenly the government at last joined the Protestants . In forming this junction , its object was to procure as much aid as possible for its selfish under- taking , and to make the smallest possible ...
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... whole conduct of that celebrated man proved that he had formed a deliberate scheme to subvert the fundamental laws of England . Those parts of his correspond- ence which have been brought to light since his death , place the matter ...
... whole conduct of that celebrated man proved that he had formed a deliberate scheme to subvert the fundamental laws of England . Those parts of his correspond- ence which have been brought to light since his death , place the matter ...
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... whole practice , from the day on which he sold himself to the court , was in strict conformity to his theory . For his accomplices various excuses may be urged , ignorance , imbecility , religious bigotry . But Wentworth had no such ...
... whole practice , from the day on which he sold himself to the court , was in strict conformity to his theory . For his accomplices various excuses may be urged , ignorance , imbecility , religious bigotry . But Wentworth had no such ...
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... if justice , in the whole range of its wide armoury , contained one weapon which could pierce him , that weapon his pursuers were bound , before God and man , to employ . " If he may Find mercy in the law , 20 Macaulay's Essays.
... if justice , in the whole range of its wide armoury , contained one weapon which could pierce him , that weapon his pursuers were bound , before God and man , to employ . " If he may Find mercy in the law , 20 Macaulay's Essays.
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