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... Henry the Eighth's marriages , are well aware of facts which prove him to have been , not a man of violent and lawless passions , but of a cold temperament and a scrupulous conscience ; but which cannot be stated in print , save in the ...
... Henry the Eighth's marriages , are well aware of facts which prove him to have been , not a man of violent and lawless passions , but of a cold temperament and a scrupulous conscience ; but which cannot be stated in print , save in the ...
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... Henry , the Admirable Crichton , and others , of whom one's only doubt is , whether they were not too wondrous , too precociously complete for future development . We find Dr. Fell , some time Bishop of Oxford , saying that ' Cartwright ...
... Henry , the Admirable Crichton , and others , of whom one's only doubt is , whether they were not too wondrous , too precociously complete for future development . We find Dr. Fell , some time Bishop of Oxford , saying that ' Cartwright ...
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... Henry James . ' True it is , that the songs are excellent , as are all Cartwright's ; for grace , simplicity , and sweetness , equal to any ( save Shakspeare's ) which the seventeenth century produced : but curiously enough , his lyric ...
... Henry James . ' True it is , that the songs are excellent , as are all Cartwright's ; for grace , simplicity , and sweetness , equal to any ( save Shakspeare's ) which the seventeenth century produced : but curiously enough , his lyric ...
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... Henry Champernoun , and his band of 100 gentlemen volun- teers , to flesh his maiden sword in behalf of the per- secuted French Protestants . He learnt it as he listened to the shrieks of the San Bartholomew ; he learnt it as he watched ...
... Henry Champernoun , and his band of 100 gentlemen volun- teers , to flesh his maiden sword in behalf of the per- secuted French Protestants . He learnt it as he listened to the shrieks of the San Bartholomew ; he learnt it as he watched ...
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... Henry Howard . Essex has proved himself worthless , and pays the penalty of his sins . Men are growing worse . than their fathers . Spanish gold is bringing in luxury and sin . The last ten years of her reign are years of decadence ...
... Henry Howard . Essex has proved himself worthless , and pays the penalty of his sins . Men are growing worse . than their fathers . Spanish gold is bringing in luxury and sin . The last ten years of her reign are years of decadence ...
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