Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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... appeared . These men came from neither of the classes which had , till then , almost exclusively furnished ministers of state . They were all laymen ; ` yet they were all men of learning ; and they were all men of peace . They were not ...
... appeared . These men came from neither of the classes which had , till then , almost exclusively furnished ministers of state . They were all laymen ; ` yet they were all men of learning ; and they were all men of peace . They were not ...
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... appeared a new favourite , young , noble , wealthy , accomplished , eloquent , brave , generous , aspiring ; a favourite who had obtained from the grey - headed queen such marks of regard as she had scarce vouchsafed to Leicester in the ...
... appeared a new favourite , young , noble , wealthy , accomplished , eloquent , brave , generous , aspiring ; a favourite who had obtained from the grey - headed queen such marks of regard as she had scarce vouchsafed to Leicester in the ...
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... appeared to us one of the most curious and interesting problems in history . On some future occasion we may perhaps attempt to solve it . At present it is enough to say that , at the close of Elizabeth's reign , the Protestant party ...
... appeared to us one of the most curious and interesting problems in history . On some future occasion we may perhaps attempt to solve it . At present it is enough to say that , at the close of Elizabeth's reign , the Protestant party ...
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... appeared utterly hopeless . A thousand signs , legible to eyes far less keen than his , announced that the fall of his patron was at hand . He shaped his course accordingly . When Essex was brought before the council to answer for his ...
... appeared utterly hopeless . A thousand signs , legible to eyes far less keen than his , announced that the fall of his patron was at hand . He shaped his course accordingly . When Essex was brought before the council to answer for his ...
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... appeared in 1605. The " Wisdom of the Ancients , " a work which , if it had proceeded from any other writer , would have been considered as a masterpiece of wit and learning , but which adds little to the fame of Bacon , was printed in ...
... appeared in 1605. The " Wisdom of the Ancients , " a work which , if it had proceeded from any other writer , would have been considered as a masterpiece of wit and learning , but which adds little to the fame of Bacon , was printed in ...
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