Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... Charles R. Sumner , M. A. , & c . & c . 1825 . TOWARDS the close of the year 1823 , Mr. Lemon , de- puty keeper of the state papers , in the course of his researches among the presses of his office , met with a large Latin manu- script ...
... Charles R. Sumner , M. A. , & c . & c . 1825 . TOWARDS the close of the year 1823 , Mr. Lemon , de- puty keeper of the state papers , in the course of his researches among the presses of his office , met with a large Latin manu- script ...
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... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we in name and profession , because both Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent ...
... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ; we in name and profession , because both Charles himself and his creature Laud , while they abjured the innocent ...
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... Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed ...
... Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed ...
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... 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 , but to the narratives of the ...
... 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 , but to the narratives of the ...
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... Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five ...
... Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five ...
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