Critical and historical essaysDent, 1966 |
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... received by the sturdy country gentlemen who had come up to Westminster full of resentment , with tears of joy , and shouts of " God save the Queen . " Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and ...
... received by the sturdy country gentlemen who had come up to Westminster full of resentment , with tears of joy , and shouts of " God save the Queen . " Charles the First gave up half the prerogatives of his crown to the Commons ; and ...
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... received his tithes . The Lords had , at a crisis of great excitement , been excluded by military violence from their House ; but they retained their titles and an ample share of the public veneration . When a nobleman made his appear ...
... received his tithes . The Lords had , at a crisis of great excitement , been excluded by military violence from their House ; but they retained their titles and an ample share of the public veneration . When a nobleman made his appear ...
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... received a great sum for appointing Rajah Goordas treasurer of the Nabob's household , and for com- mitting the care of his Highness's person to the Munny Begum . He put in a letter purporting to bear the seal of the Munny Begum , for ...
... received a great sum for appointing Rajah Goordas treasurer of the Nabob's household , and for com- mitting the care of his Highness's person to the Munny Begum . He put in a letter purporting to bear the seal of the Munny Begum , for ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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