The United Kingdom: A Political History, Volumen 3Macmillan, 1899 |
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... force , perhaps from the weakness of his health . The time was propitious to absolutist designs . The monarchy of Louis XIV . was rising like the sun in its power and magnificence , and was holding forth to all kings an example of ...
... force , perhaps from the weakness of his health . The time was propitious to absolutist designs . The monarchy of Louis XIV . was rising like the sun in its power and magnificence , and was holding forth to all kings an example of ...
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... The command of the military force was given back to the king , to whom both constitutionally and as a neces- sary adjunct of the executive it belonged , dangerous to freedom in his hands as it might be and as 10 CHAP . THE UNITED KINGDOM.
... The command of the military force was given back to the king , to whom both constitutionally and as a neces- sary adjunct of the executive it belonged , dangerous to freedom in his hands as it might be and as 10 CHAP . THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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... force of the English prejudice against the catholic natives , and the memory , ever fresh , of the great massacre , to which and to the advantage of possession it added the influence of bribery . Ejected catholics , some I 21 CHARLES II.
... force of the English prejudice against the catholic natives , and the memory , ever fresh , of the great massacre , to which and to the advantage of possession it added the influence of bribery . Ejected catholics , some I 21 CHARLES II.
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... the parliamentary insti- tutions and the force of national sentiment by which it was still curbed in England . A long succession of civil conflicts , devouring party after party , English invasion , 22 22 CHAP . THE UNITED KINGDOM.
... the parliamentary insti- tutions and the force of national sentiment by which it was still curbed in England . A long succession of civil conflicts , devouring party after party , English invasion , 22 22 CHAP . THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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... forces of the king . Dalziel and Turner , rude and ruth- less soldiers of fortune , carried on the reign of terror . At last , to break the spirit of the people , the wild High- lander was let loose upon their homes , where he lived at ...
... forces of the king . Dalziel and Turner , rude and ruth- less soldiers of fortune , carried on the reign of terror . At last , to break the spirit of the people , the wild High- lander was let loose upon their homes , where he lived at ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 96 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Página 387 - Without effecting the change so rapidly or so roughly as to shock the feelings and trample on the welfare of the existing generation, it must henceforth be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English population, with English laws and language, in this Province, and to trust its government to none but a decidedly English Legislature.
Página 69 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Página 9 - ... we do declare a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Página 246 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
Página 386 - I know not how it is possible to secure that harmony in any other way than by administering the government on those principles which have been found perfectly efficacious in Great Britain. I would not impair a single prerogative of the Crown; on the contrary, I believe that the interests of the people of these colonies require the protection of prerogatives which have not hitherto been exercised. But the Crown must, on the other hand, submit to the necessary consequences of representative institutions;...
Página 391 - This remedy consists in a friendly and peaceful separation from British connection, and a union upon equitable terms with the Great North American Confederacy of Sovereign States.
Página 387 - I entertain no doubt as to the national character which must be given to Lower Canada ; it must be that of the British Empire...
Página 138 - Kings.—The notions concerning the divine institution and right of kings, as well as the absolute power belonging to their office, have no foundation in fact or reason, but have risen from an old alliance between ecclesiastical and civil policy. The characters of king and priest have been sometimes blended together; and when they have been divided, as kings have found the great effects wrought in government by the empire which priests obtain over the consciences of mankind, so priests have been...
Página 69 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the " constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original " contract between king and people ; and having, by " the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated " the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of " the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the