An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the reign of Henry VII. to the present timeLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1865 |
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... character of the English monarchy that we are indebted for its long permanence , its regular improvement , and its present vigour . It is a singular , a providential circumstance , that , in an age when the gradual march of civilization ...
... character of the English monarchy that we are indebted for its long permanence , its regular improvement , and its present vigour . It is a singular , a providential circumstance , that , in an age when the gradual march of civilization ...
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... character , and the House of Representa- tives of their proper weight , and the moderating in- fluence of men of landed property . But in England , the knights , who represented the landed property of the country , gave a stability and ...
... character , and the House of Representa- tives of their proper weight , and the moderating in- fluence of men of landed property . But in England , the knights , who represented the landed property of the country , gave a stability and ...
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... character the same submission . A resolution seems to have been taken to insist upon all the ancient privileges of Parliament , together with all the legal liberties of the subject ; and if these should be found incompatible with the ...
... character the same submission . A resolution seems to have been taken to insist upon all the ancient privileges of Parliament , together with all the legal liberties of the subject ; and if these should be found incompatible with the ...
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... character , his powers of eloquence , the virtues of his private life , and , above all , the unjust manner in which he was condemned to death , have rescued his name from that abhorrence with which every lover of his country would ...
... character , his powers of eloquence , the virtues of his private life , and , above all , the unjust manner in which he was condemned to death , have rescued his name from that abhorrence with which every lover of his country would ...
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... character had he been born a sovereign , and some would praise him with more cordiality had he never become one . The quarrels between the army and the Par- liament , and the generals of the army among them- selves , resemble more ...
... character had he been born a sovereign , and some would praise him with more cordiality had he never become one . The quarrels between the army and the Par- liament , and the generals of the army among them- selves , resemble more ...
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