Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 12
... transaction in our annals is more unjustifiable than this . If a hereditary title were to be respected , Mary possessed it . If a parliamentary title were preferable , Mary possessed that also . If the interest 12 Macaulay's Essays.
... transaction in our annals is more unjustifiable than this . If a hereditary title were to be respected , Mary possessed it . If a parliamentary title were preferable , Mary possessed that also . If the interest 12 Macaulay's Essays.
Page 17
... parliamentary constitution of England , or at least of reducing it to a mere shadow . We hasten , however , to a part of his work which , though it abounds in valuable information and in remarks well deserving to be attentively ...
... parliamentary constitution of England , or at least of reducing it to a mere shadow . We hasten , however , to a part of his work which , though it abounds in valuable information and in remarks well deserving to be attentively ...
Page 36
... parliamentary leaders were desirous merely to maintain the old constitution , and those who represent them as conspiring to subvert it , are equally in error . The old constitution , as we have attempted to show , could not be ...
... parliamentary leaders were desirous merely to maintain the old constitution , and those who represent them as conspiring to subvert it , are equally in error . The old constitution , as we have attempted to show , could not be ...
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... parliamentary leaders of what may be called the first generation , Essex , Manchester , Northumber- land , Hollis , even Pym , all the most eminent men , in short , Hampden excepted , were inclined to half measures . They dreaded a ...
... parliamentary leaders of what may be called the first generation , Essex , Manchester , Northumber- land , Hollis , even Pym , all the most eminent men , in short , Hampden excepted , were inclined to half measures . They dreaded a ...
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... parliamentary leaders found . The third year of hostilities was drawing to a close ; and they had not conquered the King . They had not obtained even those advantages which they had expected from a policy obviously erroneous in a ...
... parliamentary leaders found . The third year of hostilities was drawing to a close ; and they had not conquered the King . They had not obtained even those advantages which they had expected from a policy obviously erroneous in a ...
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