Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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Page 35
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of ...
... hundred times pawned , and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688. No action of James can be compared to the conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of ...
Page 41
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first principles . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the Revolution ...
... hundred and sixty years , it has been the fashion to cast upon the Regicides . We have , throughout , abstained from appealing to first principles . We will not appeal to them now . We recur again to the parallel case of the Revolution ...
Page 58
... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
... hundred and fifty years back . We can almost fancy that we are visiting him in his small lodging ; that we see him sitting at the old organ beneath the faded green hangings ; that we can catch the quick twinkle of his eyes , rolling in ...
Page 68
... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded ...
... hundred thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded ...
Page 69
... hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thou- sand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and ...
... hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thou- sand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and ...
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