Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... Charles R. Sumner , M.A. , etc. , etc. 1825 . TOWARDS the close of the year 1823 , Mr. Lemon , deputy keeper of the state papers , in the course of his researches among the presses of his office , met with a large Latin manuscript ...
... Charles R. Sumner , M.A. , etc. , etc. 1825 . TOWARDS the close of the year 1823 , Mr. Lemon , deputy keeper of the state papers , in the course of his researches among the presses of his office , met with a large Latin manuscript ...
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... Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds ...
... Charles the First shall appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall therefore make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds ...
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... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent ...
... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say in name and pro- fession , because both Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent ...
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... Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed ...
... Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed ...
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... Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the ...
... Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the ...
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