Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856 - 414 pages |
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... Charles ven- ture to say that he was a better sove- reign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its ...
... Charles ven- ture to say that he was a better sove- reign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we say Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent badges of Popery , retained all its ...
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... Charles thief from transportation , under the the First broken the fundamental laws alias of Legitimacy . But mention the of England ? miseries of Ireland . Then William is a hero . Then Somers and Shrewsbury are great men . Then the ...
... Charles thief from transportation , under the the First broken the fundamental laws alias of Legitimacy . But mention the of England ? miseries of Ireland . Then William is a hero . Then Somers and Shrewsbury are great men . Then the ...
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... Charles to summon parliaments . Why not pursue an end another parliament : another chance confessedly good by peaceable and was given to our fathers : were they to regular means ? We recur again to throw it away as they had thrown away ...
... Charles to summon parliaments . Why not pursue an end another parliament : another chance confessedly good by peaceable and was given to our fathers : were they to regular means ? We recur again to throw it away as they had thrown away ...
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... Charles are fond of dwelling . If , they say , he governed his people ill , he at least governed them after the example of his prede- cessors . If he violated their privileges , it was because those privileges had not been accurately ...
... Charles are fond of dwelling . If , they say , he governed his people ill , he at least governed them after the example of his prede- cessors . If he violated their privileges , it was because those privileges had not been accurately ...
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... Charles could have been . The minister only ought to be responsible for the acts of the Sovereign , If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is sacred . Was the person of James considered sacred at the ...
... Charles could have been . The minister only ought to be responsible for the acts of the Sovereign , If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is sacred . Was the person of James considered sacred at the ...
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