Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Pagina 31
... question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parlia- ment is good ; but it breaks off at the most in- teresting crisis of the struggle . The performance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the ...
... question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parlia- ment is good ; but it breaks off at the most in- teresting crisis of the struggle . The performance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the ...
Pagina 32
... question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those primary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
... question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those primary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
Pagina 34
... the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question , then , is this ; Had Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he 34 MILTON .
... the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question , then , is this ; Had Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he 34 MILTON .
Pagina 54
... question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received the hands ...
... question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received the hands ...
Pagina 63
... name to our old Nick . Hudibras , Part III . Canto I. But , we believe , there is a schism on this subject among the anti- quarians . stances have led even superficial observers to question the justice MACHIAVELLI . 63.
... name to our old Nick . Hudibras , Part III . Canto I. But , we believe , there is a schism on this subject among the anti- quarians . stances have led even superficial observers to question the justice MACHIAVELLI . 63.
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1900 |
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