Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 19
... showed so much of him , that three tall Germans would in vain have attempted to reach to his hair . " We are sensible that we do no justice to the admirable style of the Florentine poet . But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand ; and ...
... showed so much of him , that three tall Germans would in vain have attempted to reach to his hair . " We are sensible that we do no justice to the admirable style of the Florentine poet . But Mr. Cary's translation is not at hand ; and ...
Pagina 145
... showed , that it was not from any respect for the Constitution , or from any sense of the deep criminality of the plans in which Strafford and him- self had been engaged , that he gave up his minister to the axe . It became evident that ...
... showed , that it was not from any respect for the Constitution , or from any sense of the deep criminality of the plans in which Strafford and him- self had been engaged , that he gave up his minister to the axe . It became evident that ...
Pagina 147
... showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid under the con- stitutional language and gracious demeanour of the King . The attempt to seize the five members was un- doubtedly the real ...
... showed , that they were the only men who really understood how much inhumanity and fraud lay hid under the con- stitutional language and gracious demeanour of the King . The attempt to seize the five members was un- doubtedly the real ...
Pagina 166
... showed no disposition to con- cede any vital principle . In the fulness of their success , they showed no disposition to encroach be- vond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as ...
... showed no disposition to con- cede any vital principle . In the fulness of their success , they showed no disposition to encroach be- vond these limits . In this respect we cannot but think that they showed justice and generosity , as ...
Pagina 178
... showed any signs of a legislative mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelio- ration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive , was not in the character of the men , but in ...
... showed any signs of a legislative mind , or any desire to place his renown on that noblest basis , the amelio- ration of social institutions . " The difference in this respect , we conceive , was not in the character of the men , but in ...
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