The National Review, Volume 10W.H. Allen, 1887 - English literature |
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Page 9
... England partook of the character of a plébiscite , it was the Election of last year . But simple as was the issue of the late Prime Minister's own choosing and definition , decisive too as was the result of the contest , did he accept ...
... England partook of the character of a plébiscite , it was the Election of last year . But simple as was the issue of the late Prime Minister's own choosing and definition , decisive too as was the result of the contest , did he accept ...
Page 51
... England of the Regency or of Queen Anne was less sceptical , yet coarser and more immoral than the England of Queen Victoria . Louis XIV . and his age were bigoted , yet licentious ; Spain in the seventeenth cen- tury was even more ...
... England of the Regency or of Queen Anne was less sceptical , yet coarser and more immoral than the England of Queen Victoria . Louis XIV . and his age were bigoted , yet licentious ; Spain in the seventeenth cen- tury was even more ...
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... England with her Corn Laws abolished , from 1846 , the date of their abolition , down to 1870 ; that wheat has moreover been on an average cheaper in France than in England , during the whole period 1846-1883 , the last year recorded in ...
... England with her Corn Laws abolished , from 1846 , the date of their abolition , down to 1870 ; that wheat has moreover been on an average cheaper in France than in England , during the whole period 1846-1883 , the last year recorded in ...
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... England great . Then too , perchance , they may remember , not with unkindness , those who , betrayed or deserted , were neither ashamed nor afraid to struggle for the good old cause , ' the cause with which are associated principles ...
... England great . Then too , perchance , they may remember , not with unkindness , those who , betrayed or deserted , were neither ashamed nor afraid to struggle for the good old cause , ' the cause with which are associated principles ...
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... England is content to wait , expecting the natural flow to assert itself , and waits in vain . Little by little dry spots are visible , where the fertilizing stream comes not as of yore , and one source of employment after another shows ...
... England is content to wait , expecting the natural flow to assert itself , and waits in vain . Little by little dry spots are visible , where the fertilizing stream comes not as of yore , and one source of employment after another shows ...
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