Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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... ministers of state . They were all laymen ; ` yet they were all men of 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 ...
... ministers of state . They were all laymen ; ` yet they were all men of 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 ...
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... minister during forty years . Sir Nicholas Bacon held the great seal more than twenty years . Sir Walter Mildmay was Chancellor of the Exchequer twenty- three years . Sir Thomas Smith was Secretary of State eigh- teen years ; Sir ...
... minister during forty years . Sir Nicholas Bacon held the great seal more than twenty years . Sir Walter Mildmay was Chancellor of the Exchequer twenty- three years . Sir Thomas Smith was Secretary of State eigh- teen years ; Sir ...
Pagina 17
... Ministers by exercising much petty tyranny within his own college . It would be unjust , however , to deny him the praise of having rendered about this time one important service to letters . He stood up manfully against those who ...
... Ministers by exercising much petty tyranny within his own college . It would be unjust , however , to deny him the praise of having rendered about this time one important service to letters . He stood up manfully against those who ...
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... minister at the French court , and one of the ablest and most upright of the many valuable servants whom she employed . France was at that time in a deplorable state of agitation . The Huguenots and the Catholics were mustering all ...
... minister at the French court , and one of the ablest and most upright of the many valuable servants whom she employed . France was at that time in a deplorable state of agitation . The Huguenots and the Catholics were mustering all ...
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... ministers . They did all in their power to conceal from her the intrigues which they were carrying on at the Court of Scotland . But her keen sagacity was not to be so deceived . She did not know the whole . But she knew that she was ...
... ministers . They did all in their power to conceal from her the intrigues which they were carrying on at the Court of Scotland . But her keen sagacity was not to be so deceived . She did not know the whole . But she knew that she was ...
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