Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 16
... force the city would engage to furnish for the defence of 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 ...
... force the city would engage to furnish for the defence of 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 ...
Page 17
... force , and the spirit to use it . Parliaments , it is true , were rarely held , and were not very respectfully treated . The great charter was often violated . But the people had a security against gross and systematic misgovernment ...
... force , and the spirit to use it . Parliaments , it is true , were rarely held , and were not very respectfully treated . The great charter was often violated . But the people had a security against gross and systematic misgovernment ...
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... force of the two sects . Mr. Butler asserts that , even at the accession of James the First , a majority of the population of England were Catho- lics . This is pure assertion ; and is not only unsup- ported by evidence , but , we think ...
... force of the two sects . Mr. Butler asserts that , even at the accession of James the First , a majority of the population of England were Catho- lics . This is pure assertion ; and is not only unsup- ported by evidence , but , we think ...
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... force consisted of a hundred and forty galleys . He held , what no other prince in modern times has held , the dominion both of the land and of the sea . During the greater part of his reign , he was supreme on both elements . His ...
... force consisted of a hundred and forty galleys . He held , what no other prince in modern times has held , the dominion both of the land and of the sea . During the greater part of his reign , he was supreme on both elements . His ...
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... force which , in the time of Philip the Second , had been the terror of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean . The arsenals were deserted . The magazines were unprovided . The frontier fortresses were ungarrisoned . The police was utterly ...
... force which , in the time of Philip the Second , had been the terror of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean . The arsenals were deserted . The magazines were unprovided . The frontier fortresses were ungarrisoned . The police was utterly ...
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