Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 71
... become nearly as odious as the rigours of martial law . That power of committing which the people anciently loved to see the House of Commons exercise , is now , at least when employed against libellers , the most unpopular power in the ...
... become nearly as odious as the rigours of martial law . That power of committing which the people anciently loved to see the House of Commons exercise , is now , at least when employed against libellers , the most unpopular power in the ...
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... become , what it is the nature of armies to become , what so many armies formed under much more favourable circumstances have become , what the army of the Roman republic became , what the army of the French republic became , an ...
... become , what it is the nature of armies to become , what so many armies formed under much more favourable circumstances have become , what the army of the Roman republic became , what the army of the French republic became , an ...
Page 156
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
... become more and more definite , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which the poet calls up grow fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible advantages of reality and ...
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