Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen Anne
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By Margaret Oliphant
29 Nov, 2019
THE reign of Queen Anne is one of the most illustrious in English history. In literature, it has been common to call it the Augustan age. In politics, it has all the interest of a transition period, less agitating, but not less important, than the ac
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THE reign of Queen Anne is one of the most illustrious in English history. In literature, it has been common to call it the Augustan age. In politics, it has all the interest of a transition period, less agitating, but not less important, than the actual era of revolution. In war, it is, with the exception of the great European wars of the beginning of this century, the most glorious for the English arms of any that have elapsed since Henry V. set up his rights of conquest over France. Opinions change as to the advantage of such superiorities; and, still more, as to the glory which is purchased by bloodshed; yet, according to the received nomenclature, and in the language of all the ages, the time of Marlborough cannot be characterized as anything but glorious. A great general, statesmen of eminence, great poets, men of letters of the first distinction—these are points in which this period cannot easily be excelled. It pleases the fancy to step historically from queen to queen and to find in each a center of national greatness knitting together the loose threads of the great web. Less
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