The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... king ; of " Milites . " The second speech was thus : and some were set on , as he passed by , in popular acclamation to salute him king : whereupon , finding the cry weak and poor , he put it off thus , in a kind of jest , as if they ...
... king ; of " Milites . " The second speech was thus : and some were set on , as he passed by , in popular acclamation to salute him king : whereupon , finding the cry weak and poor , he put it off thus , in a kind of jest , as if they ...
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... king - as The King . He had a combination of two kinds of pride , either of which is enough for a poor mortal . He was proud , because he thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt ...
... king - as The King . He had a combination of two kinds of pride , either of which is enough for a poor mortal . He was proud , because he thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt ...
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... king gave an appointment , he communicat- men of letters . His talk smells a little of ed it to the object of his condescension in an the lamp ; but then his lamp is of the most elegant saying . If I had known , ' he would elegant form ...
... king gave an appointment , he communicat- men of letters . His talk smells a little of ed it to the object of his condescension in an the lamp ; but then his lamp is of the most elegant saying . If I had known , ' he would elegant form ...
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... King James , and others , his book approximates to it . The great men of that day said many witty things and many wise ones , but we cannot fail to be struck with the singular contrast be- tween the robustness of their intellects ...
... King James , and others , his book approximates to it . The great men of that day said many witty things and many wise ones , but we cannot fail to be struck with the singular contrast be- tween the robustness of their intellects ...
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... King that his confessor might be removed , as fearing either his power with the King , or else lest he should reveal to the Pope what the House was doing , as no doubt he did when the Catholic cause was concerned . ' How quietly ...
... King that his confessor might be removed , as fearing either his power with the King , or else lest he should reveal to the Pope what the House was doing , as no doubt he did when the Catholic cause was concerned . ' How quietly ...
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