Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Pagina 18
... seems to have been chiefly directed to statistics and diplomacy . It was at this time that he wrote those Notes on the State of Europe which are printed in his works . He studied the principles of the art of deciphering with great ...
... seems to have been chiefly directed to statistics and diplomacy . It was at this time that he wrote those Notes on the State of Europe which are printed in his works . He studied the principles of the art of deciphering with great ...
Pagina 19
... seems to us the only rational explanation of the Treasurer's conduct . Mr. Montagu is more charitable . He supposes that Burleigh was influenced merely by affection for his nephew , and was " little disposed to encourage him to rely on ...
... seems to us the only rational explanation of the Treasurer's conduct . Mr. Montagu is more charitable . He supposes that Burleigh was influenced merely by affection for his nephew , and was " little disposed to encourage him to rely on ...
Pagina 21
... seems that the old Lord , whose temper age and gout had by no means altered for the better , and who loved to mark his dislike of the showy , quick - witted young men of the rising generation , took this opportu- nity to read Francis a ...
... seems that the old Lord , whose temper age and gout had by no means altered for the better , and who loved to mark his dislike of the showy , quick - witted young men of the rising generation , took this opportu- nity to read Francis a ...
Pagina 42
... seems to have been incapable of feeling strong affection , of facing great dangers , of making great sacrifices . His desires were set on things below . Wealth , precedence , titles , patronage , the mace , the seals , the coronet ...
... seems to have been incapable of feeling strong affection , of facing great dangers , of making great sacrifices . His desires were set on things below . Wealth , precedence , titles , patronage , the mace , the seals , the coronet ...
Pagina 46
... seems to us to prove only the exceeding badness of a cause for which such talents could do so little . It is not probable that Bacon's Defence had much effect on his contemporaries . But the unfavourable impression which his conduct had ...
... seems to us to prove only the exceeding badness of a cause for which such talents could do so little . It is not probable that Bacon's Defence had much effect on his contemporaries . But the unfavourable impression which his conduct had ...
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