Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence Macaulay , Essays . I. 1 of a general seizure of his papers , this work MILTON.
... of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dis- solution of the Oxford parliament , and that , in consequence Macaulay , Essays . I. 1 of a general seizure of his papers , this work MILTON.
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... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to up- hold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who exerted themselves to up- hold his authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army ...
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... followed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which descended upon her was the night of an Arctic summer ...
... followed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which descended upon her was the night of an Arctic summer ...
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... followed . of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the state which they served , who lost by the ...
... followed . of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the state which they served , who lost by the ...
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... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
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