Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... opinion for which he would risk nothing himself , he , in the day of his with- power , took away out scruple the lives of others . One of the excuses suggested in these Memoirs for his conforming , during the reign of Mary , to the ...
... opinion for which he would risk nothing himself , he , in the day of his with- power , took away out scruple the lives of others . One of the excuses suggested in these Memoirs for his conforming , during the reign of Mary , to the ...
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... opinion , carried the freedom of debate too far . She assumed the power of legislating by means of proclamations . She imprisoned her sub- jects without bringing them to a legal trial . Torture was often employed , in defiance of the ...
... opinion , carried the freedom of debate too far . She assumed the power of legislating by means of proclamations . She imprisoned her sub- jects without bringing them to a legal trial . Torture was often employed , in defiance of the ...
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... opinion that the Catholics were one half of the nation in the middle of the reign of Elizabeth . Rushton says that , when Elizabeth came to the throne , the Catholics were two thirds of the nation , and the Pro- testants only one third ...
... opinion that the Catholics were one half of the nation in the middle of the reign of Elizabeth . Rushton says that , when Elizabeth came to the throne , the Catholics were two thirds of the nation , and the Pro- testants only one third ...
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... opinions and feelings , resigned itself implicitly to the guidance of the government , and lent to the sovereign for the ... opinion as to the matters in dispute between the churches . They were in a situation resembling that of those ...
... opinions and feelings , resigned itself implicitly to the guidance of the government , and lent to the sovereign for the ... opinion as to the matters in dispute between the churches . They were in a situation resembling that of those ...
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... opinions pro- minently forward in a play intended for representation . And we may safely conclude , that feelings and opinions which pervade the whole Dramatic Literature of a generation , are feelings and opinions of which the men of ...
... opinions pro- minently forward in a play intended for representation . And we may safely conclude , that feelings and opinions which pervade the whole Dramatic Literature of a generation , are feelings and opinions of which the men of ...
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absurd admiration apostolical succession appeared army Augmentis authority Bacon believe better body Catalonia Catholic century character Charles Christian Church of England Church of Rome conduct Court crown doctrines Duke effect Elizabeth eminent employed enemies English Essex Europe evil favour favourite feelings France French Gladstone honour Horace Walpole House of Bourbon House of Commons human induction intellect judge judgment King learned liberty Lord Mahon Louis the Fourteenth means ment mind minister Montagu moral nation nature never Newcastle noble Novum Organum object opinion opposition Parliament party persecuted person Peterborough Philip philosophy Pitt Plato political Prince principles produced professed Protestant Queen question reform reign religion religious Revolution royal scarcely seems Sir James Mackintosh sovereign Spain Spanish spirit statesman strong talents temper thing tion took Tories treaty truth Walpole Whigs whole
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Página 240 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Página 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Página 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Página 426 - Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 2 - ... occupies fifteen hundred inches cubic measure, and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois. Such a book might, before the deluge, have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum.
Página 357 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Página 209 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.
Página 371 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.