Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 1st [-3rd] SerLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1874 - 411 من الصفحات |
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... illustration of Pitt's as- cendency , which must have been absolutely over- whelming if he could bully an eminent lawyer into a craven apology for words which , by no great latitude of interpretation , might be proved historically true ...
... illustration of Pitt's as- cendency , which must have been absolutely over- whelming if he could bully an eminent lawyer into a craven apology for words which , by no great latitude of interpretation , might be proved historically true ...
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... 1659 ; not true of Hampden , Holles , Digby , Capel , Hyde , Falkland , and a host of accom- plished and highly - cultivated men , whose minds and memories fairly ran over with classical illustrations . Of the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
... 1659 ; not true of Hampden , Holles , Digby , Capel , Hyde , Falkland , and a host of accom- plished and highly - cultivated men , whose minds and memories fairly ran over with classical illustrations . Of the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
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... illustrations . Of the two principal speakers quoted by Hume , in 1628 , one , Sir Francis Seymour , refers to Herodotus , and the other , Sir Robert Philips , to Livy . Sir Francis Seymour said : ' Let us not act like Cambyses's judges ...
... illustrations . Of the two principal speakers quoted by Hume , in 1628 , one , Sir Francis Seymour , refers to Herodotus , and the other , Sir Robert Philips , to Livy . Sir Francis Seymour said : ' Let us not act like Cambyses's judges ...
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... they can be found : for they are beasts of prey.'1 1 Sir Walter Scott avowedly borrowed this apothegm ( which would The homeliness of Strafford's illustrations in his memorable defence is ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 29.
... they can be found : for they are beasts of prey.'1 1 Sir Walter Scott avowedly borrowed this apothegm ( which would The homeliness of Strafford's illustrations in his memorable defence is ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 29.
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... illustrations in his memorable defence is no less remarkable than their appositeness : ' Where has this species of guilt ( constructive treason ) been so long concealed ? Where has this fire been so long buried , during so many ...
... illustrations in his memorable defence is no less remarkable than their appositeness : ' Where has this species of guilt ( constructive treason ) been so long concealed ? Where has this fire been so long buried , during so many ...
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