Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2G. Routledge & Company, 1858 - English literature |
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... ENGLISH ACADEMY OF LITERATURE QUOTATION THE ORIGIN OF DANTE'S INFERNO OF A HISTORY OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE NOT HAPPENED OF FALSE POLITICAL REPORTS OF SUPPRESSORS AND DILAPIDATORS OF MANUSCRIPTS PARODIES • PAGE 396 · 399 · . 406 416 421 428 ...
... ENGLISH ACADEMY OF LITERATURE QUOTATION THE ORIGIN OF DANTE'S INFERNO OF A HISTORY OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE NOT HAPPENED OF FALSE POLITICAL REPORTS OF SUPPRESSORS AND DILAPIDATORS OF MANUSCRIPTS PARODIES • PAGE 396 · 399 · . 406 416 421 428 ...
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... English catholics entertained of being more cruelly per- secuted , if this marriage failed , was a sufficient reason to justify the pope . The dispensation was therefore imme- diately granted , and sent to the nuncio of Spain , with ...
... English catholics entertained of being more cruelly per- secuted , if this marriage failed , was a sufficient reason to justify the pope . The dispensation was therefore imme- diately granted , and sent to the nuncio of Spain , with ...
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... English council were against it , but king James obstinately resolved on it ; being over - per- suaded by Gondomar , the Spanish ambassador , whose facetious humour and lively repartees greatly delighted him . Gon- domar persuaded him ...
... English council were against it , but king James obstinately resolved on it ; being over - per- suaded by Gondomar , the Spanish ambassador , whose facetious humour and lively repartees greatly delighted him . Gon- domar persuaded him ...
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... English contemporaries , Howel and Wilson , who wrote from their own observations . Howel had been employed in this projected match , and resided during its negotiation at Madrid . Howel describes the first interview of Prince Charles ...
... English contemporaries , Howel and Wilson , who wrote from their own observations . Howel had been employed in this projected match , and resided during its negotiation at Madrid . Howel describes the first interview of Prince Charles ...
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... English duke , broke from him in a violent rage , and lamented that state matters would not suffer him to do himself justice . This insult was never forgiven ; and some time afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham ...
... English duke , broke from him in a violent rage , and lamented that state matters would not suffer him to do himself justice . This insult was never forgiven ; and some time afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham ...
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