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Page 288
... reform the Church ; of the Reform- ation , because it did not limit the prerogative ; and of the Revolution , because it did not purify the House of Commons . The former of these errors we have often combated , and shall always be ready ...
... reform the Church ; of the Reform- ation , because it did not limit the prerogative ; and of the Revolution , because it did not purify the House of Commons . The former of these errors we have often combated , and shall always be ready ...
Page 293
... reform , imperfect indeed , but still most beneficial to the English people and to the human race , as a reform , which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not ...
... reform , imperfect indeed , but still most beneficial to the English people and to the human race , as a reform , which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not ...
Page 318
... reform . It neither contained , nor was designed to contain , any allusion to those innovations which the authors of the Revolution considered as desirable , and which they speedily proceeded to make . The Declaration was merely a ...
... reform . It neither contained , nor was designed to contain , any allusion to those innovations which the authors of the Revolution considered as desirable , and which they speedily proceeded to make . The Declaration was merely a ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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