The Quarterly Review, Volume 139William 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, 1875 |
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... and in his generation nearly alone of his rank , after having seen , to look for examples not further than the two nearest states , the assassin's assassin's knife reach the champion of French royalty , the 8 The First Stewart in England .
... and in his generation nearly alone of his rank , after having seen , to look for examples not further than the two nearest states , the assassin's assassin's knife reach the champion of French royalty , the 8 The First Stewart in England .
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... French royalty , the headsman's sword the guardian of the Dutch republic ; James the Peace - maker , the first King of Great Britain , could ' go away hence satisfied , ' having met death tranquilly in his bed , his crown safe , his son ...
... French royalty , the headsman's sword the guardian of the Dutch republic ; James the Peace - maker , the first King of Great Britain , could ' go away hence satisfied , ' having met death tranquilly in his bed , his crown safe , his son ...
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... French , or Italian favourite , powerful all round , was ordinarily the chief minister of foreign affairs ; the English favourite was , after all , little more than a reporter on certain sides of political society at home . Just at the ...
... French , or Italian favourite , powerful all round , was ordinarily the chief minister of foreign affairs ; the English favourite was , after all , little more than a reporter on certain sides of political society at home . Just at the ...
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... French , Dutch , and Spanish views . He was then , as later , fully aware of the important bearings of contemporary politics . The Republic of Venice had a special regard for him as having been , at a trying moment , one of her best ...
... French , Dutch , and Spanish views . He was then , as later , fully aware of the important bearings of contemporary politics . The Republic of Venice had a special regard for him as having been , at a trying moment , one of her best ...
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... French influence which turned the votes , at the Imperial election , for Archduke Mathias , who was disposed to leniency towards Protestants , instead of Archduke Albert . As the King's children grew up , the subject of their marriages ...
... French influence which turned the votes , at the Imperial election , for Archduke Mathias , who was disposed to leniency towards Protestants , instead of Archduke Albert . As the King's children grew up , the subject of their marriages ...
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