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Page 81
... head of twenty thou- sand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think with Mr. Hallam , that many of the royalist nobility and gentry were true friends to the constitution ; and that , but for the solemn ...
... head of twenty thou- sand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think with Mr. Hallam , that many of the royalist nobility and gentry were true friends to the constitution ; and that , but for the solemn ...
Page 91
... head them in the most during the twenty years which had preceded desperate attacks ever made , under the forms the ... heads of popish no- look in vain for those qualities which give a blemen and gentlemen in the other . Public charm to ...
... head them in the most during the twenty years which had preceded desperate attacks ever made , under the forms the ... heads of popish no- look in vain for those qualities which give a blemen and gentlemen in the other . Public charm to ...
Page 120
... head on a signpost , and a borderer by Scott to a senator by Addison . In what sense , then , is the word correctness used by those who say , with the author of the Pursuits of Literature , that Pope was the most correct of English ...
... head on a signpost , and a borderer by Scott to a senator by Addison . In what sense , then , is the word correctness used by those who say , with the author of the Pursuits of Literature , that Pope was the most correct of English ...
Page 151
... head of his coun- trymen , and right before the face , and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , perilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service , the intellect and ...
... head of his coun- trymen , and right before the face , and across the path of tyranny . The times grew darker and more troubled . Public service , perilous , arduous , delicate , was required ; and to every service , the intellect and ...
Page 163
... head with- out a legal conviction . The pious Cranmer voted for that act ; the pious Latimer preached for it ; the pious Edward returned thanks for it ; and all the pious Lords of the Council together exhorted their victim in what they ...
... head with- out a legal conviction . The pious Cranmer voted for that act ; the pious Latimer preached for it ; the pious Edward returned thanks for it ; and all the pious Lords of the Council together exhorted their victim in what they ...
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