A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... seems to be perfectly justifiable ; nor is it conceivable upon what pretence his partizans have taken this ground of panegyric . I doubt whether a single instance can be produced , of his having spared the life of any one , whom motives ...
... seems to be perfectly justifiable ; nor is it conceivable upon what pretence his partizans have taken this ground of panegyric . I doubt whether a single instance can be produced , of his having spared the life of any one , whom motives ...
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... seems to have calculated that he would secure for himself a double chance of favour by thus having hold , as it were , of the leaders of both the rival parties that divided the court . As generally happens however with such over ...
... seems to have calculated that he would secure for himself a double chance of favour by thus having hold , as it were , of the leaders of both the rival parties that divided the court . As generally happens however with such over ...
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... seems to have rev- elled till he had sucked its substance , and imbued himself all over with the very spirit that rose from it . His poem is on this account , as well as from its many allusions to the passing events of a half ...
... seems to have rev- elled till he had sucked its substance , and imbued himself all over with the very spirit that rose from it . His poem is on this account , as well as from its many allusions to the passing events of a half ...
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