Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 68
... called modern history , in contradistinction to the history of the middle ages , is generally supposed to commence . He has stopped at the accession of George the Third , " from unwillingness , " as he says , " to excite the prejudices ...
... called modern history , in contradistinction to the history of the middle ages , is generally supposed to commence . He has stopped at the accession of George the Third , " from unwillingness , " as he says , " to excite the prejudices ...
Page 90
... called an absolute monarchy , because little respect was paid by the Tudors to those institutions which we have been accustomed to consider as the sole checks on the power of the sovereign . A modern English- man can hardly understand ...
... called an absolute monarchy , because little respect was paid by the Tudors to those institutions which we have been accustomed to consider as the sole checks on the power of the sovereign . A modern English- man can hardly understand ...
Page 374
... called to fill any high office ; and those few had generally , like Sir William Wyndham , learned in the company of their new associates the doctrines of toleration and political liberty , and might indeed with strict propriety be called ...
... called to fill any high office ; and those few had generally , like Sir William Wyndham , learned in the company of their new associates the doctrines of toleration and political liberty , and might indeed with strict propriety be called ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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