Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... hundred distinct landed estates , though he might , as his honest servant assures us , have left much more , " if he would have taken money out of the Exchequer for his own use , as many Treasurers have done . ” Burleigh , like the old ...
... hundred distinct landed estates , though he might , as his honest servant assures us , have left much more , " if he would have taken money out of the Exchequer for his own use , as many Treasurers have done . ” Burleigh , like the old ...
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... hundred and thirty years in Henry the Seventh's chapel . Yet her memory is still dear to the hearts of a free people . The truth seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar ...
... hundred and thirty years in Henry the Seventh's chapel . Yet her memory is still dear to the hearts of a free people . The truth seems to be that the government of the Tudors was , with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar ...
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... hundred in any shire in England , which could not have overpowered the handful of armed men who composed her household . If a hostile sovereign threat- ened invasion , if an ambitious noble raised the standard of revolt , she could have ...
... hundred in any shire in England , which could not have overpowered the handful of armed men who composed her household . If a hostile sovereign threat- ened invasion , if an ambitious noble raised the standard of revolt , she could have ...
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... hundred years before the time of Luther , a great party in this kingdom was eager for a change at least as extensive as that which was sub- sequently effected by Henry the Eighth . The House of 26 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... hundred years before the time of Luther , a great party in this kingdom was eager for a change at least as extensive as that which was sub- sequently effected by Henry the Eighth . The House of 26 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... hundred and fifty years ! She had the happiest opportunity ever vouchsafed to any sovereign of establishing perfect freedom of conscience throughout her dominions , with- out danger to her government , without scandal to any large party ...
... hundred and fifty years ! She had the happiest opportunity ever vouchsafed to any sovereign of establishing perfect freedom of conscience throughout her dominions , with- out danger to her government , without scandal to any large party ...
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