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... honours , 325 - His son's death , 326 - Attack by the Duke of Bedford -His reply , 327 — His literary productions , 331- quoted , 332 - His death- Private life , 337 — His religion and genius , 339 — Personal characteristics , 340 ...
... honours , 325 - His son's death , 326 - Attack by the Duke of Bedford -His reply , 327 — His literary productions , 331- quoted , 332 - His death- Private life , 337 — His religion and genius , 339 — Personal characteristics , 340 ...
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... honours of martyrdom , and Walpole urged their views upon Godol- phin with his usual acumen . But the Treasurer , in- spired , as Macaulay says , with all the zeal of a new- born Whig , and exasperated by the nickname of Volpone which ...
... honours of martyrdom , and Walpole urged their views upon Godol- phin with his usual acumen . But the Treasurer , in- spired , as Macaulay says , with all the zeal of a new- born Whig , and exasperated by the nickname of Volpone which ...
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... honours which he accepted with some reluctance . Probably he valued them only because they enabled him to encourage and reward men of letters . Thus , the wardership of the Mint , he bestowed upon Newton ; John Locke he placed on the ...
... honours which he accepted with some reluctance . Probably he valued them only because they enabled him to encourage and reward men of letters . Thus , the wardership of the Mint , he bestowed upon Newton ; John Locke he placed on the ...
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... honour but through the winding - sheet of an old decrepit lord , or the grave of an extinct noble family ; a policy very different from that of that glorious and enlightened nation , who made it their pride to hold out to the world ...
... honour but through the winding - sheet of an old decrepit lord , or the grave of an extinct noble family ; a policy very different from that of that glorious and enlightened nation , who made it their pride to hold out to the world ...
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... honour of England than he was ; and we see no reason to doubt that he would have drawn the sword with resolution had he been convinced that the best interests of the country were at stake . But he attained his ends by his diplo- matic ...
... honour of England than he was ; and we see no reason to doubt that he would have drawn the sword with resolution had he been convinced that the best interests of the country were at stake . But he attained his ends by his diplo- matic ...
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