Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 134
... taken a more decided part than Hampden . They had all been concerned in the impeachment of Strafford . They had all , there is reason to believe , voted for the Bill of Attainder . Certainly none of them voted against it . They had all ...
... taken a more decided part than Hampden . They had all been concerned in the impeachment of Strafford . They had all , there is reason to believe , voted for the Bill of Attainder . Certainly none of them voted against it . They had all ...
Page 435
... taken ; and it was accordingly determined to humble the Prince of the Whigs , as he had been nicknamed by the Princess Mother . He went to the palace to pay his duty . " Tell him , " said the King to a page , " that I will not see him ...
... taken ; and it was accordingly determined to humble the Prince of the Whigs , as he had been nicknamed by the Princess Mother . He went to the palace to pay his duty . " Tell him , " said the King to a page , " that I will not see him ...
Page 519
... taken anything , we must admit that he deserves praise for having taken so little . He accepted twenty lacs of rupees . It would have cost him only a word to make the twenty forty . It was a very easy exercise of virtue to declaim in ...
... taken anything , we must admit that he deserves praise for having taken so little . He accepted twenty lacs of rupees . It would have cost him only a word to make the twenty forty . It was a very easy exercise of virtue to declaim in ...
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