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" What can be more extraordinary, than that a person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the happiness... "
The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 54
by Abraham Cowley - 1806
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Oliver Cromwell

Francis Lister Hawks - 1856 - 448 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...most ancient and most solidly-founded monarchies upon earth ; that he should have the power or boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...improbable a design, as the destruction of one of the most ancient and most solidly founded monarehies upon the earth ? that he should have the power or...boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous and strongly allied family ; to do all this under the name...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...as the destruction of one of the most ancient and most solidly founded monarchies upon the earth 1 that he should have the power or boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous and strongly allied family ; to do all this under the name...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - 1856 - 588 pages
...no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, nor shining talents of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the abilities to execute, so great a design as the subverting one of the most ancient and best established...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - 1856 - 586 pages
...no fortune, no eminent qualities of tody) which have sometimes, nor shining talents .of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the abilities to execute, so great a design as the subverting one of the most ancient and best established...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 pages
...fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind which have often, raised men^to the highest dignities, should have the courage to...boldness to put his Prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous and strongly-allied family ; to do all this under the name...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...should have the power or boldness to put his prince and and strongly-allied family; to do all this under the name and wages of a parliament ; to trample upon...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have somelimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous 1 " Cowlcy'i character of Oliver Cromwell, which 1* Intended...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mbid, which have often raised men to the highest dignities, should...the destruction of one of the most ancient and most solidly founded monarchies upon the earth ? that he should have the power or boldness to put his prince...
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 234 pages
...no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, nor shining talents of mind, which have often raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the abilities to execute, so great a design as the subverting one of the most ancient and best established...
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