Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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Page 46
... able to conquer all the world . What Philip left to his successors is well known . The shock which the great religious schism of the sixteenth century gave to Europe , was scarcely felt in Spain . In England , Germany , Holland , France ...
... able to conquer all the world . What Philip left to his successors is well known . The shock which the great religious schism of the sixteenth century gave to Europe , was scarcely felt in Spain . In England , Germany , Holland , France ...
Page 51
... able arrangement . If any dismemberment was to take place , the best way of effecting it surely was to separate from the monarchy those provinces which were at a great distance from Spain , which were not Spanish in manners , in ...
... able arrangement . If any dismemberment was to take place , the best way of effecting it surely was to separate from the monarchy those provinces which were at a great distance from Spain , which were not Spanish in manners , in ...
Page 68
... able to pull it down . Rooke proceeded to Malaga , gave battle in the neighbourhood of that port to a French squadron , and after a doubtful action returned to England . But greater events were at hand . The English government had ...
... able to pull it down . Rooke proceeded to Malaga , gave battle in the neighbourhood of that port to a French squadron , and after a doubtful action returned to England . But greater events were at hand . The English government had ...
Page 81
... in medicine , who thought it much more honour- able to fail according to rule , than to succeed by innovation , and who would have been very much VOL . II . G ashamed of himself if he had taken Monjuich by means THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN .
... in medicine , who thought it much more honour- able to fail according to rule , than to succeed by innovation , and who would have been very much VOL . II . G ashamed of himself if he had taken Monjuich by means THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN .
Page 128
... able enemies and feeble allies . His most distinguished coadjutors left him one by one , and joined the ranks of the Opposition . He faced the increasing array of his enemies with unbroken spirit , and thought it far better that they ...
... able enemies and feeble allies . His most distinguished coadjutors left him one by one , and joined the ranks of the Opposition . He faced the increasing array of his enemies with unbroken spirit , and thought it far better that they ...
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