Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... king or knight , before the conquest , might be chosen , in whom to lay the pattern of a christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice , whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the ...
... king or knight , before the conquest , might be chosen , in whom to lay the pattern of a christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice , whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the ...
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... upon the regal power , and all these vast preparations to destroy him , the king , hi- therto , put not himself into a posture of safety ; or provided for the resistance of that power , which OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 47.
... upon the regal power , and all these vast preparations to destroy him , the king , hi- therto , put not himself into a posture of safety ; or provided for the resistance of that power , which OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 47.
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... king and people : but of others who had passionately and peevishly ( to say no . worse ) concurred in all the most ... king's from . a before the beginning of the parliament ; had been one 48 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... king and people : but of others who had passionately and peevishly ( to say no . worse ) concurred in all the most ... king's from . a before the beginning of the parliament ; had been one 48 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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... King's proclamation ) and had subscribed a greater number of horses for their service , upon their propositions , than any other of the same quality ; convinced in his con- science , fled from them , and besought the King's pardon and ...
... King's proclamation ) and had subscribed a greater number of horses for their service , upon their propositions , than any other of the same quality ; convinced in his con- science , fled from them , and besought the King's pardon and ...
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... King's standard at Nottingham , in 1642 , may be considered as a specimen of his best mode of composition . about that time . " According to the proclamation , upon the twenty - fifth day of August , the standard was erected , about six ...
... King's standard at Nottingham , in 1642 , may be considered as a specimen of his best mode of composition . about that time . " According to the proclamation , upon the twenty - fifth day of August , the standard was erected , about six ...
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