Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1951 - 1338 pages |
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Page 68
... reign of Henry the Seventh , as the period at which what is 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 ...
... reign of Henry the Seventh , as the period at which what is 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 ...
Page 81
... reign of Mary , to the Church of Rome , is that he may have been of the same mind with those German Protestants who were called Adiaphorists , and who considered the popish rites as matters indifferent . Melanchthon was one of these ...
... reign of Mary , to the Church of Rome , is that he may have been of the same mind with those German Protestants who were called Adiaphorists , and who considered the popish rites as matters indifferent . Melanchthon was one of these ...
Page 322
... reign , the produce of certain taxes which , it was supposed , would yield a sum sufficient to defray the ordinary expenses of government . The distribution of the revenue was left wholly to the sovereign . He might be forced by a war ...
... reign , the produce of certain taxes which , it was supposed , would yield a sum sufficient to defray the ordinary expenses of government . The distribution of the revenue was left wholly to the sovereign . He might be forced by a war ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 77 |
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