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It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he may have fallen under the suspicions of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dissolution of the Oxford Parliament , and that , in conse- ...
It is therefore probable , as Mr. Lemon conjectures , that he may have fallen under the suspicions of the government during that persecution of the Whigs which followed the dissolution of the Oxford Parliament , and that , in conse- ...
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It was upheld only by his great personal qualities . Little , therefore , was to be dreaded from a second Protector , unless he were also a second Oliver Cromwell . The events which followed his decease are the most complete vindication ...
It was upheld only by his great personal qualities . Little , therefore , was to be dreaded from a second Protector , unless he were also a second Oliver Cromwell . The events which followed his decease are the most complete vindication ...
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The natural consequences followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed - who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than the state ...
The natural consequences followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed - who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than the state ...
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The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure .
The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure .
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But the speeches of Thucydides are nei- ther preceded nor followed by any thing with which they harmonize . They give to the whole book something of the grotesque character of those Chinese pleasure - grounds , in which perpendicular ...
But the speeches of Thucydides are nei- ther preceded nor followed by any thing with which they harmonize . They give to the whole book something of the grotesque character of those Chinese pleasure - grounds , in which perpendicular ...
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