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... ment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take ad- vantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say ...
... ment , a lock of his hair , or a drop of his blood . On the same principle , we intend to take ad- vantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say ...
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... ment acted on the same principle , and is enti tled to the same praise . They could not trust the king . He had no doubt passed salutary laws . But what assurance had they that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppres sive ...
... ment acted on the same principle , and is enti tled to the same praise . They could not trust the king . He had no doubt passed salutary laws . But what assurance had they that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppres sive ...
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... ment , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few members , who remained after so many deaths , secessions , We do not , we repeat , approve of the execu ...
... ment , and never deserted it , till it had deserted its duty . If he dissolved it by force , it was not till he found that the few members , who remained after so many deaths , secessions , We do not , we repeat , approve of the execu ...
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... ment next to impossible . The choice lay , not between Cromwell and liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt , who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty ...
... ment next to impossible . The choice lay , not between Cromwell and liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt , who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty ...
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... ment during which the king held his head under the water . sect of writers , he differed for the worse . He had as little poetry as they , and much less wit : nor is the languor of his verses less offensive than the ruggedness of theirs ...
... ment during which the king held his head under the water . sect of writers , he differed for the worse . He had as little poetry as they , and much less wit : nor is the languor of his verses less offensive than the ruggedness of theirs ...
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