Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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Page 248
... Ministers of Charles the Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either ...
... Ministers of Charles the Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either ...
Page 448
... ministers feared , or affected to fear , that , if this power were conceded to him , he would name the Princess Mother , nay , possibly the Earl of Bute . They , therefore , insisted on introducing into the bill words confining the ...
... ministers feared , or affected to fear , that , if this power were conceded to him , he would name the Princess Mother , nay , possibly the Earl of Bute . They , therefore , insisted on introducing into the bill words confining the ...
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... ministers was complete . The King was almost as much a prisoner as Charles the First had been when in the Isle of Wight . Such were the fruits of the policy which , only a few months before , was represented as having for ever secured ...
... ministers was complete . The King was almost as much a prisoner as Charles the First had been when in the Isle of Wight . Such were the fruits of the policy which , only a few months before , was represented as having for ever secured ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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