Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... army . The authority of Elizabeth rested solely on the support of her people . Those who say that her power was absolute do not sufficiently consider in what her power consisted . Her power consisted in the willing obedience of her ...
... army . The authority of Elizabeth rested solely on the support of her people . Those who say that her power was absolute do not sufficiently consider in what her power consisted . Her power consisted in the willing obedience of her ...
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... army which could , by its superior arms and its superior skill , overawe or vanquish the sturdy Com- mons of his realm , abounding in the native hardihood of Englishmen , and trained in the simple discipline of the militia . The It has ...
... army which could , by its superior arms and its superior skill , overawe or vanquish the sturdy Com- mons of his realm , abounding in the native hardihood of Englishmen , and trained in the simple discipline of the militia . The It has ...
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... army . They would have found it as dangerous to grind their subjects with cruel taxation as Nero would have found it to leave his prætorians unpaid . Those who im- mediately surrounded the royal person , and engaged in the hazardous ...
... army . They would have found it as dangerous to grind their subjects with cruel taxation as Nero would have found it to leave his prætorians unpaid . Those who im- mediately surrounded the royal person , and engaged in the hazardous ...
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... army , and whose power rests solely on the loyalty of his subjects , can continue for years to persecute a religion to which the majority of his subjects are sincerely attached . In fact , the Protestants did rise up C 4 BURLEIGH AND ...
... army , and whose power rests solely on the loyalty of his subjects , can continue for years to persecute a religion to which the majority of his subjects are sincerely attached . In fact , the Protestants did rise up C 4 BURLEIGH AND ...
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... which England yielded to Elizabeth . He had a standing army of fifty thousand excellent troops , at a time when England had not a single battalion in constant pay . His ordinary naval force consisted D 3 THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 37.
... which England yielded to Elizabeth . He had a standing army of fifty thousand excellent troops , at a time when England had not a single battalion in constant pay . His ordinary naval force consisted D 3 THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN . 37.
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