The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 121A. Constable, 1865 |
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... truth is to be found at some point between the statements of Thierry and the state- ments of Sir Francis . We think still , as we have thought all along , that Sir Francis slurs over some facts on one side as Thierry slurs over some on ...
... truth is to be found at some point between the statements of Thierry and the state- ments of Sir Francis . We think still , as we have thought all along , that Sir Francis slurs over some facts on one side as Thierry slurs over some on ...
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... truth . But no one now supposes that any direct practical consequences flow from either conclusion . It was not so in the days of Brady , Petyt , and Atwood . Nothing less than the liberties of England was held to depend on the decision ...
... truth . But no one now supposes that any direct practical consequences flow from either conclusion . It was not so in the days of Brady , Petyt , and Atwood . Nothing less than the liberties of England was held to depend on the decision ...
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... truth a conqueror , who came in by the sword and who governed by the sword . Whatever might be his professions , England did receive a foreign King and a foreign aristocracy ; her ancient laws , if formally re - enacted , were ...
... truth a conqueror , who came in by the sword and who governed by the sword . Whatever might be his professions , England did receive a foreign King and a foreign aristocracy ; her ancient laws , if formally re - enacted , were ...
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... truth can only be got at by keeping always in mind two distinct sets of phenomena , each of which one of our rival historians brings forward to the prejudice of the other . These two opposing views have now happily become quite ...
... truth can only be got at by keeping always in mind two distinct sets of phenomena , each of which one of our rival historians brings forward to the prejudice of the other . These two opposing views have now happily become quite ...
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... truth in both accounts . Harold's forced march from York may have hindered him from bringing a sufficient number of picked troops , while the irregular levies of Sussex and the neighbouring counties may have flocked to his standard in ...
... truth in both accounts . Harold's forced march from York may have hindered him from bringing a sufficient number of picked troops , while the irregular levies of Sussex and the neighbouring counties may have flocked to his standard in ...
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