Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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Page 50
... interest , who had been destined , before heaven and earth were created , to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away . Events which short - sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes ...
... interest , who had been destined , before heaven and earth were created , to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away . Events which short - sighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes ...
Page 66
... interest . They witnessed the arrangement of the pullies , and the manufacture of the thunders . They saw the natural faces and heard the natural voices of the actors . Distant nations looked on the Pope as the vicegerent of the ...
... interest . They witnessed the arrangement of the pullies , and the manufacture of the thunders . They saw the natural faces and heard the natural voices of the actors . Distant nations looked on the Pope as the vicegerent of the ...
Page 75
... interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his ...
... interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his ...
Page 76
... interests and the strongest feelings concurred to mitigate the hostility of those who had lately been brethren in arms , and who might soon be brethren in arms once more . Their common profession was a bond of union not to be forgotten ...
... interests and the strongest feelings concurred to mitigate the hostility of those who had lately been brethren in arms , and who might soon be brethren in arms once more . Their common profession was a bond of union not to be forgotten ...
Page 77
... interest in its event , every thing is forgotten but the victory of Agincourt . Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of Italian heroes . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open ...
... interest in its event , every thing is forgotten but the victory of Agincourt . Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of Italian heroes . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open ...
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