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... present . I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges , of the rise and fall of administrations , of intrigues in the palace , and of debates in the parliament . It ...
... present . I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges , of the rise and fall of administrations , of intrigues in the palace , and of debates in the parliament . It ...
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... present a remarkable contrast to the torpor of the French , who were far more deeply interested in the event of the struggle . The most splendid victories recorded in the history of the middle ages were gained at this time , against ...
... present a remarkable contrast to the torpor of the French , who were far more deeply interested in the event of the struggle . The most splendid victories recorded in the history of the middle ages were gained at this time , against ...
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... present constitution of our country is , to the constitution under which she flourished five hun- dred years ago , what the tree is to the sapling , what the man is to the boy . The alteration has been great . Yet there never was a ...
... present constitution of our country is , to the constitution under which she flourished five hun- dred years ago , what the tree is to the sapling , what the man is to the boy . The alteration has been great . Yet there never was a ...
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... present day , and which has produced many important moral and political effects . CHAP . ment I. The government of Henry the Seventh , of his son , and of Govern- his grandchildren was , on the whole , more arbitrary than of the that of ...
... present day , and which has produced many important moral and political effects . CHAP . ment I. The government of Henry the Seventh , of his son , and of Govern- his grandchildren was , on the whole , more arbitrary than of the that of ...
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... polity which contained the germ of our present institutions , and which , though not very exactly defined , or very exactly observed , was yet effectually prevented from degenerating into des- potism , 32 HISTORY OF ENGLAND ,
... polity which contained the germ of our present institutions , and which , though not very exactly defined , or very exactly observed , was yet effectually prevented from degenerating into des- potism , 32 HISTORY OF ENGLAND ,
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