William Penn: An Historical Biography, from New Sources. With an Extra Chapter on the "Macaulay Charges."Blanchard and Lea, 1851 - 353 Seiten |
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... course made no use . I believe I may safely assert that two - thirds of the facts now known about Penn were not known to Clark- son . His want of information , however , was not altogether his fault . Since he wrote his memoir , now ...
... course made no use . I believe I may safely assert that two - thirds of the facts now known about Penn were not known to Clark- son . His want of information , however , was not altogether his fault . Since he wrote his memoir , now ...
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... course , inaccessible to Clarkson . But besides being inaccurate , his work is heavy in style . The narrative lacks life , movement , and variety . It is laid out on a dead level . The reader feels no throbbing heart beneath the flowing ...
... course , inaccessible to Clarkson . But besides being inaccurate , his work is heavy in style . The narrative lacks life , movement , and variety . It is laid out on a dead level . The reader feels no throbbing heart beneath the flowing ...
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... course of the civil war , he demanded compensation . As Cromwell gave his officers no chance of growing rich out of the secret spoils of the service - as had been the custom in the previous and was again in the succeeding reign3 — his ...
... course of the civil war , he demanded compensation . As Cromwell gave his officers no chance of growing rich out of the secret spoils of the service - as had been the custom in the previous and was again in the succeeding reign3 — his ...
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... course of nature for a lively and sensitive child , on the morrow of a grief so crushing , to fall into one of those morbid conditions of the mind in which the thoughts and the reveries appear to stand out as apart from the in- dividual ...
... course of nature for a lively and sensitive child , on the morrow of a grief so crushing , to fall into one of those morbid conditions of the mind in which the thoughts and the reveries appear to stand out as apart from the in- dividual ...
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... course of his ambition with unswerving resolution , he was fond of relaxation , -often went to the play , -loved to dine at a tavern with a set of jovial companions , —and was addicted to all the genial weaknesses of a busy man . He ...
... course of his ambition with unswerving resolution , he was fond of relaxation , -often went to the play , -loved to dine at a tavern with a set of jovial companions , —and was addicted to all the genial weaknesses of a busy man . He ...
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Seite 9 - The execution of this work is equal to the conception. Great pains have been taken to make it both interesting and valuable.
Seite 92 - Are not they my proper judges by the great Charter of England? What hope is there of ever having justice done, when juries are threatened and their verdicts rejected?
Seite 117 - The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience once more Briefly Debated and Defended by the Authority of Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity.