Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... James II . , vols . i . and ii . M.P. for Edinburgh ; serious illness . History of England , vols . iii . and iv . Raised to the peerage . Death at Holly Lodge , Kensington . ( Buried in West- minster Abbey , 9th January 1860. ) The ...
... James II . , vols . i . and ii . M.P. for Edinburgh ; serious illness . History of England , vols . iii . and iv . Raised to the peerage . Death at Holly Lodge , Kensington . ( Buried in West- minster Abbey , 9th January 1860. ) The ...
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... JAMES MACKINTOSH HORACE WALPOLE • 195 • 273 • 331 WILLIAM PITT • 366 THE EARL OF CHATHAM 404 CLIVE • · 479 WARREN HASTINGS LORD HOLLAND • 550 • • 650 INDEX 661 xi 0 MACAULAY'S ESSAYS HALLAM ( September 1828 ) The Constitutional.
... JAMES MACKINTOSH HORACE WALPOLE • 195 • 273 • 331 WILLIAM PITT • 366 THE EARL OF CHATHAM 404 CLIVE • · 479 WARREN HASTINGS LORD HOLLAND • 550 • • 650 INDEX 661 xi 0 MACAULAY'S ESSAYS HALLAM ( September 1828 ) The Constitutional.
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... James soon found that they were unable to injure him , and that the animosity which the Puritan party felt towards them drove them of necessity to take refuge under his throne . During the subsequent conflict , their fault was anything ...
... James soon found that they were unable to injure him , and that the animosity which the Puritan party felt towards them drove them of necessity to take refuge under his throne . During the subsequent conflict , their fault was anything ...
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... James irritated instead of suppressing it ; and the events which immediately followed the accession of his son portended a contest of no common severity , between a king resolved to be absolute , and a people resolved to be free . The ...
... James irritated instead of suppressing it ; and the events which immediately followed the accession of his son portended a contest of no common severity , between a king resolved to be absolute , and a people resolved to be free . The ...
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... James , rendered standing armies unnecessary here , till they had been for some time kept up in the neighbouring kingdoms . Our public men had therefore an opportunity of watching the effects produced by this momentous change on ...
... James , rendered standing armies unnecessary here , till they had been for some time kept up in the neighbouring kingdoms . Our public men had therefore an opportunity of watching the effects produced by this momentous change on ...
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