The History of England: From the Accession of James II, Nide 5J.B. Lippincott, 1873 |
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... gives us the reign of Elizabeth ; Bacon that of James I .; Milton and Hampden , of Charles I. and the Republic ; Temple ( with Mackintosh's History ) , Charles II . and the Revolution ; Horace Walpole , Chatham , Pitt , the Georges ...
... gives us the reign of Elizabeth ; Bacon that of James I .; Milton and Hampden , of Charles I. and the Republic ; Temple ( with Mackintosh's History ) , Charles II . and the Revolution ; Horace Walpole , Chatham , Pitt , the Georges ...
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... give for his Queen Anne ! William III . , to whom he first did justice , and not more than justice , when looked upon from a European , not from an English point of view , was a labor of love : but what would have been the more ...
... give for his Queen Anne ! William III . , to whom he first did justice , and not more than justice , when looked upon from a European , not from an English point of view , was a labor of love : but what would have been the more ...
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... the rapidity with which new and distinct ideas or facts succeed each other in his richly - stored pages . He is the Pope of English prose : he often gives two sen timents or facts in a single line . No preceding 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF.
... the rapidity with which new and distinct ideas or facts succeed each other in his richly - stored pages . He is the Pope of English prose : he often gives two sen timents or facts in a single line . No preceding 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF.
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... give some brief extracts from Mr. Croker's critique : - - " It may seem too epigrammatic — but it is , in our serious judg- ment , strictly true to say that his History seems to be a kind of combination and exaggeration of the ...
... give some brief extracts from Mr. Croker's critique : - - " It may seem too epigrammatic — but it is , in our serious judg- ment , strictly true to say that his History seems to be a kind of combination and exaggeration of the ...
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... give are overlaid , as it were , by the text . . . . Our second complaint is one of the least important , perhaps , but most promi- nent , defects of Mr. Macaulay's book , - his style , not merely the choice and order of words ...
... give are overlaid , as it were , by the text . . . . Our second complaint is one of the least important , perhaps , but most promi- nent , defects of Mr. Macaulay's book , - his style , not merely the choice and order of words ...
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