Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... the most worthless of rebels and the most worthless of oppressors , between Marten , the disgrace of the High Court of Justice , and Laud , the disgrace of the Star - Chamber . He can forgive anything 4 Macaulay's Essays.
... the most worthless of rebels and the most worthless of oppressors , between Marten , the disgrace of the High Court of Justice , and Laud , the disgrace of the Star - Chamber . He can forgive anything 4 Macaulay's Essays.
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... court subject to the royal prerogative . He complained that in Ireland he was not permitted to meddle in cases between party and party . " I know very well , " says he , " that the common lawyers will be passionately against it , who ...
... court subject to the royal prerogative . He complained that in Ireland he was not permitted to meddle in cases between party and party . " I know very well , " says he , " that the common lawyers will be passionately against it , who ...
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... , as it soon appeared , the more judicious members of the popular party were fast declining in credit . The Remonstrance had been carried with great difficulty . The uncompromising antagonists of the court , 26 Macaulay's Essays.
... , as it soon appeared , the more judicious members of the popular party were fast declining in credit . The Remonstrance had been carried with great difficulty . The uncompromising antagonists of the court , 26 Macaulay's Essays.
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... court were desponding , and that their followers were in general inclined to milder and more temperate measures than those which had hitherto been pursued . In every country , and in none more than in England , there is a disposition to ...
... court were desponding , and that their followers were in general inclined to milder and more temperate measures than those which had hitherto been pursued . In every country , and in none more than in England , there is a disposition to ...
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... court their parliaments . But from Charles nothing was to be expected which was not set down in the bond . It was not stipulated that the King should give up his negative on acts of Parliament . But the Commons had certainly shown a ...
... court their parliaments . But from Charles nothing was to be expected which was not set down in the bond . It was not stipulated that the King should give up his negative on acts of Parliament . But the Commons had certainly shown a ...
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