Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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Page 34
... King himself . If there be any truth in any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression ...
... King himself . If there be any truth in any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression ...
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... King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppressive prero- gatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal ...
... King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppressive prero- gatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal ...
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... king who had recognised them . At length circumstances com- pelled Charles to summon another parliament : another chance was given to our fathers ; were they to throw it away as they had thrown away the former ? Were they again to be ...
... king who had recognised them . At length circumstances com- pelled Charles to summon another parliament : another chance was given to our fathers ; were they to throw it away as they had thrown away the former ? Were they again to be ...
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... king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important ...
... king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important ...
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... King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the tops of tubs on the fate of Agag ; - all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion . Be it so . We are not careful to answer in this matter . These charges , were they ...
... King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the tops of tubs on the fate of Agag ; - all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion . Be it so . We are not careful to answer in this matter . These charges , were they ...
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