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Page 43
... a curious illustration of the popular discontent at the negligence of the clergy , and the popular suspicions about the arts of Roman intriguers , is told with great spirit , and with mingled humour and pathos .
... a curious illustration of the popular discontent at the negligence of the clergy , and the popular suspicions about the arts of Roman intriguers , is told with great spirit , and with mingled humour and pathos .
Page 132
The real survival was the spirit of armed adventure , which was never stronger or more stirring than in the gallants and discoverers of Elizabeth's reign , the captains of the English companies in the Low Countries , the audacious ...
The real survival was the spirit of armed adventure , which was never stronger or more stirring than in the gallants and discoverers of Elizabeth's reign , the captains of the English companies in the Low Countries , the audacious ...
Page 174
But where the spirit was to come from of justice , of conciliation , of steady and firm resistance to corruption and selfishness , he gives us no light . What it comes to is , that with patience , temper , and public spirit , Ireland ...
But where the spirit was to come from of justice , of conciliation , of steady and firm resistance to corruption and selfishness , he gives us no light . What it comes to is , that with patience , temper , and public spirit , Ireland ...
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| Title | Spenser British Writers Series The Gale library of lives and letters. British writers series “The” Gale Library of lives and letters |
| Author | Richard William Church |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1968 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2017 |
| ISBN | 0810330571, 9780810330573 |
| Length | 188 pages |
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