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... ment distinctly made by the King to the foreign ministers that Continental politics should no longer divert his attention from internal measures tending to strengthen his prerogative and to promote the interest of his Church , put an ...
... ment distinctly made by the King to the foreign ministers that Continental politics should no longer divert his attention from internal measures tending to strengthen his prerogative and to promote the interest of his Church , put an ...
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... ment withstood him . He tried the effects of frowns and menaces . Frowns and menaces failed . He tried the effect of prorogation . From the day of the prorogation the oppo- sition to his designs had been growing stronger and stronger ...
... ment withstood him . He tried the effects of frowns and menaces . Frowns and menaces failed . He tried the effect of prorogation . From the day of the prorogation the oppo- sition to his designs had been growing stronger and stronger ...
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... a transfer of the legislative power from the Parlia- ment to the Sovereign . But such coolness and philosophy are not to be expected from men who are smarting under present CHAP . VII . Feelings of the Church of Eng- JAMES THE SECOND . 41.
... a transfer of the legislative power from the Parlia- ment to the Sovereign . But such coolness and philosophy are not to be expected from men who are smarting under present CHAP . VII . Feelings of the Church of Eng- JAMES THE SECOND . 41.
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... ment against the perjured Prince whom she had served too well , and remorse for the cruelties in which he had been her accomplice , and for which he was now , as it seemed , about to be her punisher . Her chastisement was just . She 42 ...
... ment against the perjured Prince whom she had served too well , and remorse for the cruelties in which he had been her accomplice , and for which he was now , as it seemed , about to be her punisher . Her chastisement was just . She 42 ...
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... ment the King would have consented . But , had he consented , what guarantee could he give that he would adhere to his bargain ? The dilemma propounded by Halifax was un- answerable . If laws are binding on you , observe the law which ...
... ment the King would have consented . But , had he consented , what guarantee could he give that he would adhere to his bargain ? The dilemma propounded by Halifax was un- answerable . If laws are binding on you , observe the law which ...
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