Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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... nature . Their policy was generally characterized rather by vigilance , by mo- deration , and by firmness , than by invention , or by the spirit of enterprise . They spoke and wrote in a manner worthy of their excel- lent sense . Their ...
... nature . Their policy was generally characterized rather by vigilance , by mo- deration , and by firmness , than by invention , or by the spirit of enterprise . They spoke and wrote in a manner worthy of their excel- lent sense . Their ...
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... nature of the circumstances there could not be the smallest doubt that the Earl would be found guilty . The character of the crime was unequivocal . It had been committed recently , in broad daylight , in the streets of the capital , in ...
... nature of the circumstances there could not be the smallest doubt that the Earl would be found guilty . The character of the crime was unequivocal . It had been committed recently , in broad daylight , in the streets of the capital , in ...
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... nature I am most inclined . " The years during which Bacon held the Great Seal were among the darkest and most shameful in English history . Every thing at home and abroad was mismanaged . First came the execution of Raleigh , an act ...
... nature I am most inclined . " The years during which Bacon held the Great Seal were among the darkest and most shameful in English history . Every thing at home and abroad was mismanaged . First came the execution of Raleigh , an act ...
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... natural , and not altogether unpardonable . Those who intrust a petu- lant , hot - blooded , ill - informed lad with power , are more to blame than he for the mischief which he may do with it . How could it be expected of a lively page ...
... natural , and not altogether unpardonable . Those who intrust a petu- lant , hot - blooded , ill - informed lad with power , are more to blame than he for the mischief which he may do with it . How could it be expected of a lively page ...
Pagina 65
... nature to resentment . About the time at which Bacon received the Seals , Coke had , on account of his contumacious resistance to the royal pleasure , been deprived of his seat in the Court of King's Bench , and had ever since ...
... nature to resentment . About the time at which Bacon received the Seals , Coke had , on account of his contumacious resistance to the royal pleasure , been deprived of his seat in the Court of King's Bench , and had ever since ...
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