The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Band 2George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... Character of the opposed parties- Milton's sketch of the appearances presented by the nation at this juncture ... Character of Cromwell - Caution requisite with regard to the statements of popular writers after the restoration ...
... Character of the opposed parties- Milton's sketch of the appearances presented by the nation at this juncture ... Character of Cromwell - Caution requisite with regard to the statements of popular writers after the restoration ...
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... Character of the opposed parties- Milton's sketch of the appearances presented by the nation at this juncture ... Character of Cromwell - Caution requisite with regard to the statements of popular writers after the restoration ...
... Character of the opposed parties- Milton's sketch of the appearances presented by the nation at this juncture ... Character of Cromwell - Caution requisite with regard to the statements of popular writers after the restoration ...
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... character . They seemed like a company of mariners who foresaw the impending storm , and who were instinctively preparing to stand every man to his post and employ all the means that energy and foresight could supply to save all that ...
... character . They seemed like a company of mariners who foresaw the impending storm , and who were instinctively preparing to stand every man to his post and employ all the means that energy and foresight could supply to save all that ...
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... character , and all the daring acts of administration , there is no solid ground to im- peach either his patriotism or the wisdom of his views . His misfortune was , that he was placed amidst jarring elements that he could not recon ...
... character , and all the daring acts of administration , there is no solid ground to im- peach either his patriotism or the wisdom of his views . His misfortune was , that he was placed amidst jarring elements that he could not recon ...
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... character . Mr Hume , the most prejudiced and self - contradictory of all the writers who have described him , admits that it must be acknowledged , that the protector , in his civil and domestic administration , displayed as great ...
... character . Mr Hume , the most prejudiced and self - contradictory of all the writers who have described him , admits that it must be acknowledged , that the protector , in his civil and domestic administration , displayed as great ...
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Seite 388 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench 'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Seite 8 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Seite 16 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 379 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Seite 8 - ... be pens and heads there sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people,...
Seite 15 - ... the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Seite 354 - I showed them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify ; And some said, Let them live ; some, Let them die, Some said, John print it ; others said, Not so : Some said, It might do good ; others said, No.
Seite 458 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Seite 460 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Seite 695 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.