Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 - 1338 pages |
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Page 32
... soldier learned how to value his rights , abroad how to defend them . Such a military force as this was a far stronger restraint on the regal power than any legislative assembly . The army , now the most formidable instrument of the ...
... soldier learned how to value his rights , abroad how to defend them . Such a military force as this was a far stronger restraint on the regal power than any legislative assembly . The army , now the most formidable instrument of the ...
Page 33
... soldier . Thus , the king of Cabul , as Mr. Elphinstone informs us , cannot augment the land revenue , or interfere with the jurisdiction of the ordinary tribunals . In the European kingdoms of this description there were representative ...
... soldier . Thus , the king of Cabul , as Mr. Elphinstone informs us , cannot augment the land revenue , or interfere with the jurisdiction of the ordinary tribunals . In the European kingdoms of this description there were representative ...
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... soldiers , we do not see what chance the nation would have had of escaping from despotism . The Judges would have given as strong a decision in favour of camp - money as they gave in favour of ship - money . If they had been scrupulous ...
... soldiers , we do not see what chance the nation would have had of escaping from despotism . The Judges would have given as strong a decision in favour of camp - money as they gave in favour of ship - money . If they had been scrupulous ...
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... soldiers . In its progress it collects round it a vast retinue , composed of people who thrive by its custom or are amused by its display , who may be sometimes reckoned , in an ostentatious enumeration , as forming a part of it , but ...
... soldiers . In its progress it collects round it a vast retinue , composed of people who thrive by its custom or are amused by its display , who may be sometimes reckoned , in an ostentatious enumeration , as forming a part of it , but ...
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... soldiers . Above all , the leaders of the party had forfeited its confidence . If they had , by their valour and abilities , gained a complete victory , their influence might have been sufficient to prevent their associates from abusing ...
... soldiers . Above all , the leaders of the party had forfeited its confidence . If they had , by their valour and abilities , gained a complete victory , their influence might have been sufficient to prevent their associates from abusing ...
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