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But it is unsafe to pronounce judgment on matters of conscienceespecially when
the consciences are those of Scottish statesmen of the seventeenth century . The
main fact is , that Government never offered him the chance of signing . To have ...
But it is unsafe to pronounce judgment on matters of conscienceespecially when
the consciences are those of Scottish statesmen of the seventeenth century . The
main fact is , that Government never offered him the chance of signing . To have ...
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declare fact that the very time enjoyecord Justice Clerkers . He society ,
composed of the most eminent and learned men in Europe , ready to soothe his
six years of banishment . Of his life there little is known . He gave himself to
literary ...
declare fact that the very time enjoyecord Justice Clerkers . He society ,
composed of the most eminent and learned men in Europe , ready to soothe his
six years of banishment . Of his life there little is known . He gave himself to
literary ...
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... and such was , in fact , the result of the struggle . Whoever may have
counselled the King to yield , there is room to doubt whether they rendered a real
service to the Church or the Crown . The question was of importance to William ,
for every ...
... and such was , in fact , the result of the struggle . Whoever may have
counselled the King to yield , there is room to doubt whether they rendered a real
service to the Church or the Crown . The question was of importance to William ,
for every ...
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fulfil , as there is reason to hope he may , the promise which this book , with all its
faults , affords , he must study the prineiples of historical evidence ; he must keep
present to his mind the difference between facts and opinions ; he must be less ...
fulfil , as there is reason to hope he may , the promise which this book , with all its
faults , affords , he must study the prineiples of historical evidence ; he must keep
present to his mind the difference between facts and opinions ; he must be less ...
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Army Facts from Official Data . Lord Elcho ' s Speeches , April 20 , May 19 , June
5 , 1875 . 2 . No . LXXX . Vol . XIX . Journal of the Royal United • Service
Institution . CHEN we approach the questions of military organisation " which are
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Army Facts from Official Data . Lord Elcho ' s Speeches , April 20 , May 19 , June
5 , 1875 . 2 . No . LXXX . Vol . XIX . Journal of the Royal United • Service
Institution . CHEN we approach the questions of military organisation " which are
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Página 580 - History will have been printed and sold in the United Kingdom alone.' Caring little for money, except in so far as he was able to make a liberal and generous use of it, Macaulay enjoyed the power his new opulence had conferred on him. Until he was fifty-two years of age, he had never had a
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