Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... administration from 1630 to 1640. We will admit that it might be the duty of the Parliament , after punishing the most guilty of his creatures , after abolishing the inquisitorial tribunals which had been the instruments of his tyranny ...
... administration from 1630 to 1640. We will admit that it might be the duty of the Parliament , after punishing the most guilty of his creatures , after abolishing the inquisitorial tribunals which had been the instruments of his tyranny ...
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... administration of justice uniform throughout the island . We will quote a passage from his speech to the Parliament in September1656 , which contains , we think , simple and rude as the diction is , stronger indications of a legislative ...
... administration of justice uniform throughout the island . We will quote a passage from his speech to the Parliament in September1656 , which contains , we think , simple and rude as the diction is , stronger indications of a legislative ...
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... administration , we think Cromwell far superior to Napoleon . " In the civil government , " says Mr. Hallam , " there can be no adequate parallel between one who had sucked only the dregs of a besotted fanaticism , and one to whom the ...
... administration , we think Cromwell far superior to Napoleon . " In the civil government , " says Mr. Hallam , " there can be no adequate parallel between one who had sucked only the dregs of a besotted fanaticism , and one to whom the ...
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... administration was glorious , but with no vulgar glory . It was not one of those periods of overstrained and convulsive exertion which necessarily produce debility and languor . Its energy was natural , healthful , temperate . He placed ...
... administration was glorious , but with no vulgar glory . It was not one of those periods of overstrained and convulsive exertion which necessarily produce debility and languor . Its energy was natural , healthful , temperate . He placed ...
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... administration ; and they selected the minister who had the deepest share in the worst acts of the Court , the soul of the Cabal , the counsellor who had shut up the Exchequer and urged on the Dutch war . The whole political drama was ...
... administration ; and they selected the minister who had the deepest share in the worst acts of the Court , the soul of the Cabal , the counsellor who had shut up the Exchequer and urged on the Dutch war . The whole political drama was ...
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