Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Band 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... hand to the instrument which changed the course of the succession . But the furious Dudley was master of the palace . Cecil , therefore , according to his own account , excused himself from signing as a party , but consented to sign as ...
... hand to the instrument which changed the course of the succession . But the furious Dudley was master of the palace . Cecil , therefore , according to his own account , excused himself from signing as a party , but consented to sign as ...
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... hand , under the titles and forms of monarchical supremacy , were essentially popular magistrates . They had no means of protecting themselves against the public hatred ; and they were therefore compelled to court the public favour . To ...
... hand , under the titles and forms of monarchical supremacy , were essentially popular magistrates . They had no means of protecting themselves against the public hatred ; and they were therefore compelled to court the public favour . To ...
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... hand , the early lessons of the nurse and the priest were not forgotten . The ancient ceremonies were long remembered with affectionate reverence . A large portion of the ancient theology lingered to the last in the minds which had been ...
... hand , the early lessons of the nurse and the priest were not forgotten . The ancient ceremonies were long remembered with affectionate reverence . A large portion of the ancient theology lingered to the last in the minds which had been ...
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... hand at the head of a storming party . Alonzo de Ercilla bore a conspicuous part in that war of Arauco , which he afterwards celebrated in one of the best heroic poems that Spain has produced . Hurtado de Men- doza , whose poems have ...
... hand at the head of a storming party . Alonzo de Ercilla bore a conspicuous part in that war of Arauco , which he afterwards celebrated in one of the best heroic poems that Spain has produced . Hurtado de Men- doza , whose poems have ...
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... hand . The English government had determined to send an expedition to Spain , under the command of Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough . This man was , if not the greatest , yet assuredly the most extraordinary cha- racter of that age ...
... hand . The English government had determined to send an expedition to Spain , under the command of Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough . This man was , if not the greatest , yet assuredly the most extraordinary cha- racter of that age ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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?
Seite 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Seite 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Seite 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Seite 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.