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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... turn on a probable change of Ministry , Don't trouble yourself about the Prime Minister , ' exclaimed the late Sir George Corne- wall Lewis ; you may always find one amongst the Peers : tell me who is to lead the House of Commons ...
... turn on a probable change of Ministry , Don't trouble yourself about the Prime Minister , ' exclaimed the late Sir George Corne- wall Lewis ; you may always find one amongst the Peers : tell me who is to lead the House of Commons ...
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... turns , quaint allusions , condensed reasoning , and bold apostrophes . They cannot be ac- quitted of pedantry , and they were occasionally long- winded . Hume describes Pym as opening the charge against Strafford in a long - studied ...
... turns , quaint allusions , condensed reasoning , and bold apostrophes . They cannot be ac- quitted of pedantry , and they were occasionally long- winded . Hume describes Pym as opening the charge against Strafford in a long - studied ...
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... ( turning to the bishops ) they had recourse to the distinction used in the Atha- nasian Creed ; for they would be neither made nor created , but proceeding . ' After Bolingbroke , or rather after his sudden fall , which he survived for ...
... ( turning to the bishops ) they had recourse to the distinction used in the Atha- nasian Creed ; for they would be neither made nor created , but proceeding . ' After Bolingbroke , or rather after his sudden fall , which he survived for ...
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... turn , made a bitter and telling attack on Sir William's friend , political ally and ( it was more than suspected ) prompter , Bolingbroke : ' But now , Sir , let me too suppose , and the House being cleared , I am sure no person that ...
... turn , made a bitter and telling attack on Sir William's friend , political ally and ( it was more than suspected ) prompter , Bolingbroke : ' But now , Sir , let me too suppose , and the House being cleared , I am sure no person that ...
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... turn towards them the shameful parts of our con- stitution ? Are we to give them our weakness for their strength ? -Our opprobrium for their glory ? —And the slough of slavery , which we are not able to shake off , to serve them for ...
... turn towards them the shameful parts of our con- stitution ? Are we to give them our weakness for their strength ? -Our opprobrium for their glory ? —And the slough of slavery , which we are not able to shake off , to serve them for ...
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