Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... spirit , it would have been scarcely possible for him to keep his power or even his head . There was not room in one government for an Elizabeth and a Richelieu . What the haughty daughter of Henry needed , was a moderate , cautious ...
... spirit , it would have been scarcely possible for him to keep his power or even his head . There was not room in one government for an Elizabeth and a Richelieu . What the haughty daughter of Henry needed , was a moderate , cautious ...
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... spirit of innovation was at first encouraged by the class to which it was likely to be most prejudicial . It was under the patronage of Frederic , of Cathe- rine , of Joseph , and of the grandees of France , that the philosophy which ...
... spirit of innovation was at first encouraged by the class to which it was likely to be most prejudicial . It was under the patronage of Frederic , of Cathe- rine , of Joseph , and of the grandees of France , that the philosophy which ...
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... spirits zeal soured into ma- lignity , or foamed into madness . From the political agitation of the eighteenth century sprang the Jaco- bins . From the religious agitation of the sixteenth century sprang the Anabaptists . The partisans ...
... spirits zeal soured into ma- lignity , or foamed into madness . From the political agitation of the eighteenth century sprang the Jaco- bins . From the religious agitation of the sixteenth century sprang the Anabaptists . The partisans ...
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... 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 Irish ...
... 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 Irish ...
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... spirit of Rochelle , or for the Catholic doctrines with the spirit of Paris . Neither sect in England formed a League . Neither sect extorted a recantation from the sovereign . Nei- ther sect could obtain from an adverse sovereign even ...
... spirit of Rochelle , or for the Catholic doctrines with the spirit of Paris . Neither sect in England formed a League . Neither sect extorted a recantation from the sovereign . Nei- ther sect could obtain from an adverse sovereign even ...
Términos y frases comunes
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.