Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 43
... minister only ought to be respon- sible for the acts of the Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is sacred . Was the person of James con sidered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge can non ...
... minister only ought to be respon- sible for the acts of the Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is sacred . Was the person of James con sidered sacred at the Boyne ? To discharge can non ...
Page 97
... master of all its details . The Floren- tine government entered into his views . A council of war was appointed . Levies were decreed . VOL . I. H The indefatigable minister flew from place to place in order to MACHIAVELLI . 97.
... master of all its details . The Floren- tine government entered into his views . A council of war was appointed . Levies were decreed . VOL . I. H The indefatigable minister flew from place to place in order to MACHIAVELLI . 97.
Page 98
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. indefatigable minister flew from place to place in order to superintend the execution of his design . The times were , in some respects , favourable to the ex- periment . The system of military ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. indefatigable minister flew from place to place in order to superintend the execution of his design . The times were , in some respects , favourable to the ex- periment . The system of military ...
Page 116
... minister who was as bad a representa- tive of the system which has been christened after him as Becket of the spirit of the Gospel . On the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sydney on the scaffold is ...
... minister who was as bad a representa- tive of the system which has been christened after him as Becket of the spirit of the Gospel . On the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field and Sydney on the scaffold is ...
Page 125
... ministers , a rapacious aristocracy , a servile Parliament , such were the instruments by which England was delivered from the yoke of Rome . The work which had been begun by Henry , the murderer of his wives , was continued by Somerset ...
... ministers , a rapacious aristocracy , a servile Parliament , such were the instruments by which England was delivered from the yoke of Rome . The work which had been begun by Henry , the murderer of his wives , was continued by Somerset ...
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