Critical and Historical Essays, 2: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewBernh. Tauchnitz Im., 1850 - 393 pages |
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... opposition to the court . It was about this time , as Lord Nugent has justly remarked , that parliamentary opposition began to take a regular form . From a very early age the English had enjoyed a far larger share of liberty than had ...
... opposition to the court . It was about this time , as Lord Nugent has justly remarked , that parliamentary opposition began to take a regular form . From a very early age the English had enjoyed a far larger share of liberty than had ...
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... opposition . The old constitution of England furnished to them the means of resisting the sovereign without breaking the law . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and ...
... opposition . The old constitution of England furnished to them the means of resisting the sovereign without breaking the law . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and ...
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... Opposition to ruminate on his logic in prison . During the time which elapsed between this dissolution and the meeting of the next Parliament , took place the cele- brated negotiation respecting the Infanta . The would - be despot was ...
... Opposition to ruminate on his logic in prison . During the time which elapsed between this dissolution and the meeting of the next Parliament , took place the cele- brated negotiation respecting the Infanta . The would - be despot was ...
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... opposition of the Court . The health of the King had for some time been declining . On the twenty - seventh of March , 1625 , he expired . Under his weak rule , the spirit of liberty had grown strong , and had become equal to a great ...
... opposition of the Court . The health of the King had for some time been declining . On the twenty - seventh of March , 1625 , he expired . Under his weak rule , the spirit of liberty had grown strong , and had become equal to a great ...
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... Opposition to close custody . Money was raised by a forced loan , which was apportioned among the people according to the rate at which they had been respectively assessed to the last subsidy . On this occasion it was that Hampden made ...
... Opposition to close custody . Money was raised by a forced loan , which was apportioned among the people according to the rate at which they had been respectively assessed to the last subsidy . On this occasion it was that Hampden made ...
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