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Page 171
... less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a parallel ...
... less striking , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less interesting . But they are , almost without exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to which we know not where to look for a parallel ...
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... less galling to the Sovereign than that by which he is now constantly tormented , and yet which might appear to the people to be a tolerable security against maladministration , Parliaments would probably meddle less ; and they would be ...
... less galling to the Sovereign than that by which he is now constantly tormented , and yet which might appear to the people to be a tolerable security against maladministration , Parliaments would probably meddle less ; and they would be ...
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... less misgovernment and less reform . We should not have been cursed with the Cabal , or blessed with the Habeas Corpus Act . In the mean time the Council , considered as an executive Council , would , unless some at least of its powers ...
... less misgovernment and less reform . We should not have been cursed with the Cabal , or blessed with the Habeas Corpus Act . In the mean time the Council , considered as an executive Council , would , unless some at least of its powers ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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