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Page 85
... soon driven from their seats , by the same military violence which had enabled them to exclude their col- From the apprehension of this worst evil the Houses were soon delivered by their new lead- ers . of every royalist to an heir ...
... soon driven from their seats , by the same military violence which had enabled them to exclude their col- From the apprehension of this worst evil the Houses were soon delivered by their new lead- ers . of every royalist to an heir ...
Page 88
... soon as it had reached the level congenial to it . He had nothing in common with that large class of men who distinguished themselves in lower posts , and whose incapacity becomes obvious as soon as the public voice summons them to take ...
... soon as it had reached the level congenial to it . He had nothing in common with that large class of men who distinguished themselves in lower posts , and whose incapacity becomes obvious as soon as the public voice summons them to take ...
Page 96
... soon faction again began to ferment , is well known . In the Letters of Junius , in Burke's Thoughts on the Cause of the Discon- tents , and in many other writings of less merit , the violent dissensions , which speedily con- vulsed the ...
... soon faction again began to ferment , is well known . In the Letters of Junius , in Burke's Thoughts on the Cause of the Discon- tents , and in many other writings of less merit , the violent dissensions , which speedily con- vulsed the ...
Page 144
... soon after the acces- sion of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government ...
... soon after the acces- sion of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House of Commons was constantly on the increase . The government ...
Page 150
... soon as he took his pen in his hand to write for the pub- lic , his style became systematically vicious . All his books are written in a learned lan- guage in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse - in a language in ...
... soon as he took his pen in his hand to write for the pub- lic , his style became systematically vicious . All his books are written in a learned lan- guage in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse - in a language in ...
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