Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 31
... question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parliament is good ; but it breaks off at the most interesting crisis of the struggle . The perform- ance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the ...
... question is the charming narrative of Mrs. Hutchinson . May's History of the Parliament is good ; but it breaks off at the most interesting crisis of the struggle . The perform- ance of Ludlow is foolish and violent ; and most of the ...
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... question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those primary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
... question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not recur to those primary principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but ...
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... laws of the kingdom . " Every man , therefore , who approves of the Revolution of 1688 must hold that the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question , then , is 34 MILTON .
... laws of the kingdom . " Every man , therefore , who approves of the Revolution of 1688 must hold that the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question , then , is 34 MILTON .
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... question , then , is this ; Had Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents ...
... question , then , is this ; Had Charles the First broken the fundamental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , unless he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents ...
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... question . They content themselves with exposing some of the crimes and follies to which public commotions necessarily give birth . They bewail the unmerited fate of Straf- ford . They execrate the lawless violence of the army . They ...
... question . They content themselves with exposing some of the crimes and follies to which public commotions necessarily give birth . They bewail the unmerited fate of Straf- ford . They execrate the lawless violence of the army . They ...
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