Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 31
... constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect ' , only ...
... constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect ' , only ...
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... constitutional influence for that purpose , the Prince of Orange would ever have been invited over . Our ancestors , we suppose , knew their own meaning ; and , if we may be- lieve them , their hostility was primarily not to popery ...
... constitutional influence for that purpose , the Prince of Orange would ever have been invited over . Our ancestors , we suppose , knew their own meaning ; and , if we may be- lieve them , their hostility was primarily not to popery ...
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... constitutional limits of power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill re- ceives his solemn assent ; the subsidies are voted ; 3 * MILTON . 35.
... constitutional limits of power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill re- ceives his solemn assent ; the subsidies are voted ; 3 * MILTON . 35.
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... constitution exempts the King from responsibi- lity , for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ; nor because we feel any peculiar inter- est in his character , for we think that his sentence describes ...
... constitution exempts the King from responsibi- lity , for we know that all such maxims , however excellent , have their exceptions ; nor because we feel any peculiar inter- est in his character , for we think that his sentence describes ...
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... constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been known in the world . He reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted praise even from Lord Clarendon . For himself he demanded indeed the first ...
... constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been known in the world . He reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted praise even from Lord Clarendon . For himself he demanded indeed the first ...
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