Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... side of Bristol ; but the Gloucestershire side , which could be reached only by going round through Keynsham , was distant a long day's march . That night was one of great tumult and expectation in Bristol . The partisans of Monmouth ...
... side of Bristol ; but the Gloucestershire side , which could be reached only by going round through Keynsham , was distant a long day's march . That night was one of great tumult and expectation in Bristol . The partisans of Monmouth ...
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... side by side with the members of the Church in defence of the fundamental laws of the realm . Baxter , Bates , and Howe distinguished themselves by their efforts to bring about this coalition : but the generous enthusiasm which pervaded ...
... side by side with the members of the Church in defence of the fundamental laws of the realm . Baxter , Bates , and Howe distinguished themselves by their efforts to bring about this coalition : but the generous enthusiasm which pervaded ...
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... side by dangers . The King was impatiently waiting for the moment at which he could emancipate himself from a yoke ... side by Archbishop Mark- ham , the preacher of divine right , and by Jenkinson , the captain of the Prætorian band of ...
... side by dangers . The King was impatiently waiting for the moment at which he could emancipate himself from a yoke ... side by Archbishop Mark- ham , the preacher of divine right , and by Jenkinson , the captain of the Prætorian band of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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