The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 14Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller G.P. Putnam's sons, 1917 - English literature |
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... , the irreconcilable Milner was provoked by the account of the earlier part of the reformation , and in vain attempted to procure the condemnation of the book at Rome . many new elucidations - to tell its own story . 60 Historians.
... , the irreconcilable Milner was provoked by the account of the earlier part of the reformation , and in vain attempted to procure the condemnation of the book at Rome . many new elucidations - to tell its own story . 60 Historians.
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... story . Even in relating the critical struggle between Elizabeth and her Scottish rival , he hardly becomes a partisan ; while his narrative of the reign of James I plainly marks the end of Roman catholicism as an or- ganic part of the ...
... story . Even in relating the critical struggle between Elizabeth and her Scottish rival , he hardly becomes a partisan ; while his narrative of the reign of James I plainly marks the end of Roman catholicism as an or- ganic part of the ...
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... story ; nor does it lose anything of its sternness or of its inner consistency in his hands . His style is without fascination , charm or richness ; but it is raised above a mere business tone by the sense manifest beneath it of great ...
... story ; nor does it lose anything of its sternness or of its inner consistency in his hands . His style is without fascination , charm or richness ; but it is raised above a mere business tone by the sense manifest beneath it of great ...
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... story - here , the story of a crisis in the destinies of a great na- tion - depends on this , as well as on the details of composition . In the latter respect , Macaulay's pre - eminence is unchallenged ; and generation upon generation ...
... story - here , the story of a crisis in the destinies of a great na- tion - depends on this , as well as on the details of composition . In the latter respect , Macaulay's pre - eminence is unchallenged ; and generation upon generation ...
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... story . Volume III relates the conquest proper with epic breadth , and volume IV Cf. ante , Vol . XII , pp . 350-351 . 2 In 1869 , Freeman began his Historical Geography ; but it was not published till eleven years later . The idea of ...
... story . Volume III relates the conquest proper with epic breadth , and volume IV Cf. ante , Vol . XII , pp . 350-351 . 2 In 1869 , Freeman began his Historical Geography ; but it was not published till eleven years later . The idea of ...
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