Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 73
... reform was of very little importance . The friends of liberty had no very ardent wish for reform . The strongest Tories saw no objections to it . It is remarkable that Clarendon loudly applauds the changes which Cromwell introduced ...
... reform was of very little importance . The friends of liberty had no very ardent wish for reform . The strongest Tories saw no objections to it . It is remarkable that Clarendon loudly applauds the changes which Cromwell introduced ...
Page 288
... reform the Church ; of the Reform- ation , because it did not limit the prerogative ; and of the Revolution , because it did not purify the House of Commons . The former of these errors we have often combated , and shall always be ready ...
... reform the Church ; of the Reform- ation , because it did not limit the prerogative ; and of the Revolution , because it did not purify the House of Commons . The former of these errors we have often combated , and shall always be ready ...
Page 293
... reform , imperfect indeed , but still most beneficial to the English people and to the human race , as a reform , which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not ...
... reform , imperfect indeed , but still most beneficial to the English people and to the human race , as a reform , which has been the fruitful parent of reforms , as a reform , the happy effects of which are at this moment felt , not ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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