Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Pagina 7
... learning and abilities were habitually devoted to the defence of tyranny and imposture . The Hotspurs , the Nevilles , the Cliffords , rough , illiterate , and unreflecting , brought to the council - board the fierce and imperious ...
... learning and abilities were habitually devoted to the defence of tyranny and imposture . The Hotspurs , the Nevilles , the Cliffords , rough , illiterate , and unreflecting , brought to the council - board the fierce and imperious ...
Pagina 8
... learning ; and they were all men of peace . They were not members of the aristo- cracy . They inherited no titles , no large domains , no armies of retainers , no fortified castles . Yet they were not low men , such as those whom ...
... learning ; and they were all men of peace . They were not members of the aristo- cracy . They inherited no titles , no large domains , no armies of retainers , no fortified castles . Yet they were not low men , such as those whom ...
Pagina 9
... learning , round the hearth of every private family , in the recesses of every re- flecting mind . It was in the midst of this ferment that the minds of the persons whom we are describing were developed . They were born Reformers . They ...
... learning , round the hearth of every private family , in the recesses of every re- flecting mind . It was in the midst of this ferment that the minds of the persons whom we are describing were developed . They were born Reformers . They ...
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... learning who had been tutor to Edward the Sixth . Sir Anthony had paid considerable attention to the education of his daughters , and lived to see them all splendid- ly and happily married . Their classical acquirements made them ...
... learning who had been tutor to Edward the Sixth . Sir Anthony had paid considerable attention to the education of his daughters , and lived to see them all splendid- ly and happily married . Their classical acquirements made them ...
Pagina 17
... learning enjoyed the peculiar favour of the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Keeper , and acknowledged the advantages which it derived from their patronage in a public letter which bears date just a month after the admission of Francis Bacon ...
... learning enjoyed the peculiar favour of the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Keeper , and acknowledged the advantages which it derived from their patronage in a public letter which bears date just a month after the admission of Francis Bacon ...
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