Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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... ministers of Elizabeth , transplanted at once to a state of society widely different from that in which the abilities of such ministers had been serviceable . In the sixteenth century , the Royal prerogative had scarcely been called in ...
... ministers of Elizabeth , transplanted at once to a state of society widely different from that in which the abilities of such ministers had been serviceable . In the sixteenth century , the Royal prerogative had scarcely been called in ...
Page 241
... Ministers , whom an address . of the Commons could at any moment force him to discard , a power of declaring war which , without Parliamentary support , could not be carried on for a single day . The Houses of Parliament were now not ...
... Ministers , whom an address . of the Commons could at any moment force him to discard , a power of declaring war which , without Parliamentary support , could not be carried on for a single day . The Houses of Parliament were now not ...
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... Ministers of Charles the Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either ...
... Ministers of Charles the Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either ...
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