Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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... Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil rose at once to greatness . He was sworn in Privy - councillor and Secretary of State to the new sovereign before he left her prison of Hatfield ...
... Council , he escaped with impunity . At length Mary died : Elizabeth succeeded ; and Cecil rose at once to greatness . He was sworn in Privy - councillor and Secretary of State to the new sovereign before he left her prison of Hatfield ...
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... the kingdom against the Spaniards . The Mayor and Common Council , in return , desired to know what force the Queen's Highness wished them to furnish . 1 The answer was , fifteen ships and five thousand men 16 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... the kingdom against the Spaniards . The Mayor and Common Council , in return , desired to know what force the Queen's Highness wished them to furnish . 1 The answer was , fifteen ships and five thousand men 16 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... council , in sign of their perfect love and loyalty to prince and country , to accept ten thousand men , and thirty ships amply furnished . " People who could give such signs as these of their loyalty were by no means to be misgoverned ...
... council , in sign of their perfect love and loyalty to prince and country , to accept ten thousand men , and thirty ships amply furnished . " People who could give such signs as these of their loyalty were by no means to be misgoverned ...
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... Council of Constance removed some of the grossest of those scandals which had deprived the Church of the public respect . authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A considerable reaction took ...
... Council of Constance removed some of the grossest of those scandals which had deprived the Church of the public respect . authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A considerable reaction took ...
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... council , of which Porto Carrero was the chief member . Louis acted , as the English ministers might have guessed that he would act . With scarcely the show of hesitation , he broke through all the obligations of the Partition Treaty ...
... council , of which Porto Carrero was the chief member . Louis acted , as the English ministers might have guessed that he would act . With scarcely the show of hesitation , he broke through all the obligations of the Partition Treaty ...
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