Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, المجلد 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... court herein , and privately advanced his rightful in- tentions against the foresaid duke's ambition . " This was undoubtedly the most perilous conjuncture of Cecil's life . Wherever there was a safe course , he was safe . But here ...
... court herein , and privately advanced his rightful in- tentions against the foresaid duke's ambition . " This was undoubtedly the most perilous conjuncture of Cecil's life . Wherever there was a safe course , he was safe . But here ...
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... 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 rose at once to ...
... 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 rose at once to ...
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... court were cruelly mutilated , like Stubbs , or put to death , like Penry . Nonconformity was severely punished . The Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and disci- pline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to ...
... court were cruelly mutilated , like Stubbs , or put to death , like Penry . Nonconformity was severely punished . The Queen prescribed the exact rule of religious faith and disci- pline ; and whoever departed from that rule , either to ...
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... courts of law . Yet they could safely indulge in the wildest freaks of cruelty and rapacity , while their legions ... court the public favour . To enjoy all the state and all the personal indulgences of absolute power , to be adored ...
... courts of law . Yet they could safely indulge in the wildest freaks of cruelty and rapacity , while their legions ... court the public favour . To enjoy all the state and all the personal indulgences of absolute power , to be adored ...
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... courts of law , in which the courts of law remained victorious . One of the bishops , on that occasion , declared that the common people entertained the strongest prejudices against his order , and that a clergyman had no chance of fair ...
... courts of law , in which the courts of law remained victorious . One of the bishops , on that occasion , declared that the common people entertained the strongest prejudices against his order , and that a clergyman had no chance of fair ...
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الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
الصفحة 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
الصفحة 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
الصفحة 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.