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... existed a monarch whom the voice of all history had unanimously agreed to brand with the vices of brutal sensuality and atrocious cruelty , without any redeeming qualifica- tion B 2 Turner's History of Henry VIII . 3.
... existed a monarch whom the voice of all history had unanimously agreed to brand with the vices of brutal sensuality and atrocious cruelty , without any redeeming qualifica- tion B 2 Turner's History of Henry VIII . 3.
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... tion of mankind for ever recorded against the savage and inexorable tyrant , who , most truly has it been said , " spared neither man in his hate nor woman in his lust : " the butcher of the poor victims of his wanton appetites ; the ...
... tion of mankind for ever recorded against the savage and inexorable tyrant , who , most truly has it been said , " spared neither man in his hate nor woman in his lust : " the butcher of the poor victims of his wanton appetites ; the ...
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... tion for the language of truth , he is absurdly eager at the outset , to establish a favourable impression of the character of his hero , which may stand him in need in the darker parts of his progressive career . After carefully ...
... tion for the language of truth , he is absurdly eager at the outset , to establish a favourable impression of the character of his hero , which may stand him in need in the darker parts of his progressive career . After carefully ...
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... tion should not be too gross for Mr. Turner's credulity ? Yet he adds , that the king entered into the question only to learn the truth , is a fact which the evidence supports . ' That any being in his senses should really and seriously ...
... tion should not be too gross for Mr. Turner's credulity ? Yet he adds , that the king entered into the question only to learn the truth , is a fact which the evidence supports . ' That any being in his senses should really and seriously ...
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... tion . It was the fourth only , Anne of Cleves , that could justly say she was repudiated without any fault , only because she was not personally attractive . pp . 658 , 659 . ' Of his six wives , the first and last did him credit ...
... tion . It was the fourth only , Anne of Cleves , that could justly say she was repudiated without any fault , only because she was not personally attractive . pp . 658 , 659 . ' Of his six wives , the first and last did him credit ...
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