Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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Page 14
... , to describe the English monarchy in the sixteenth century as an absolute monarchy . And such undoubtedly it appears to a superficial observer . Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her 14 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... , to describe the English monarchy in the sixteenth century as an absolute monarchy . And such undoubtedly it appears to a superficial observer . Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her 14 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
Page 15
Thomas Babington Macaulay. Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her parliaments in language as haughty and imperious as that which the Great Turk would use to his divan . She punished with great severity members of the House of Com ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. Elizabeth , it is true , often spoke to her parliaments in language as haughty and imperious as that which the Great Turk would use to his divan . She punished with great severity members of the House of Com ...
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... 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 , far stronger than all the parchment that was ever ...
... 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 , far stronger than all the parchment that was ever ...
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... the liberty of parliamentary debate . All this may be true . But it is no good plea for her suc- cessors ; and for this plain reason , that they were her successors . She governed one generation , they go- verned BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... the liberty of parliamentary debate . All this may be true . But it is no good plea for her suc- cessors ; and for this plain reason , that they were her successors . She governed one generation , they go- verned BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... true professional skill . The King's life was drawing to a close . Would the most Catholic prince commit a great sin on the brink of the grave ? And what could be a greater sin than , from an unreasonable attachment to a family name ...
... true professional skill . The King's life was drawing to a close . Would the most Catholic prince commit a great sin on the brink of the grave ? And what could be a greater sin than , from an unreasonable attachment to a family name ...
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