The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 |
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... nations of Christendom in this respect . ' England , ' says Milman , ' was almost a land of schools ; every cathedral , almost every monastery , had its own . ' * · The schools attached to the Ecclesiastical Establishments were mainly ...
... nations of Christendom in this respect . ' England , ' says Milman , ' was almost a land of schools ; every cathedral , almost every monastery , had its own . ' * · The schools attached to the Ecclesiastical Establishments were mainly ...
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... nation in the midst of the death - struggle of nations , parties , and liberties . ' But he was the last mediæval king who attempted to rule England as a constitutional kingdom or commonwealth ; ' and if he had died in 1450 , he would ...
... nation in the midst of the death - struggle of nations , parties , and liberties . ' But he was the last mediæval king who attempted to rule England as a constitutional kingdom or commonwealth ; ' and if he had died in 1450 , he would ...
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... nation . In 1870 , he was inspired with the idea of a series of historical novels , illus- trating successive epochs in the growth of national life . The result was ' Die Ahnen . ' He shows himself a keen observer of superficial ...
... nation . In 1870 , he was inspired with the idea of a series of historical novels , illus- trating successive epochs in the growth of national life . The result was ' Die Ahnen . ' He shows himself a keen observer of superficial ...
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... In this way he had sounded the disposition of South Germany . He had felt the pulse of the whole nation , and he knew that the French War , if it resulted .. So in a German triumph , must alter the in 38 The Emperor Frederick :
... In this way he had sounded the disposition of South Germany . He had felt the pulse of the whole nation , and he knew that the French War , if it resulted .. So in a German triumph , must alter the in 38 The Emperor Frederick :
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... nation accepts so contemptible a parentage for one of the greatest events of the centuries , it is no concern of foreigners . But it may be confidently asserted that no charge ever rested on more flimsy evidence . Freytag's theory is ...
... nation accepts so contemptible a parentage for one of the greatest events of the centuries , it is no concern of foreigners . But it may be confidently asserted that no charge ever rested on more flimsy evidence . Freytag's theory is ...
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