Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... party , but consented to sign as a witness . It is not easy to describe his dexterous conduct at this most perplexing crisis , in language more appropriate than that which is employed by old Fuller . " His hand wrote it as secretary of ...
... party , but consented to sign as a witness . It is not easy to describe his dexterous conduct at this most perplexing crisis , in language more appropriate than that which is employed by old Fuller . " His hand wrote it as secretary of ...
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... party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil ...
... party opposed to the Court . Yet , so guarded was his language that , even when some of those who acted with him were imprisoned by the Privy Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil ...
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... it came with a violence which appalled and disgusted many of those who had previously been distinguished by the freedom of their opinions . The violence of the democratic party in France made Burke a tory and 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... it came with a violence which appalled and disgusted many of those who had previously been distinguished by the freedom of their opinions . The violence of the democratic party in France made Burke a tory and 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. the democratic party in France made Burke a tory and Alfieri a courtier . The violence of the chiefs of the German schism made Erasmus a defender of abuses , and turned the author of Utopia into ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. the democratic party in France made Burke a tory and Alfieri a courtier . The violence of the chiefs of the German schism made Erasmus a defender of abuses , and turned the author of Utopia into ...
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... Party spirit seemed to justify and consecrate acts which , in any other times , would have been considered as the foulest of treasons . The French emigrant saw nothing disgraceful in bringing Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris . The ...
... Party spirit seemed to justify and consecrate acts which , in any other times , would have been considered as the foulest of treasons . The French emigrant saw nothing disgraceful in bringing Austrian and Prussian hussars to Paris . The ...
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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.