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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... whole noise of timorous and flocking birds , with those also that love the twilight , flutter about , amazed at what she means , and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms . ' MILTON . NEW EDITION ...
... whole noise of timorous and flocking birds , with those also that love the twilight , flutter about , amazed at what she means , and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms . ' MILTON . NEW EDITION ...
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... whole people . It is essential to remark , that in the English House of Commons the knights sate in the same assembly with the citizens and burgesses . There are few things in our early Constitution of more im- portance than this ...
... whole people . It is essential to remark , that in the English House of Commons the knights sate in the same assembly with the citizens and burgesses . There are few things in our early Constitution of more im- portance than this ...
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... whole of his reign . One of Henry's first endeavours was to procure a law to prevent conspiracies among the great , and riots among the people . In a parliament assembled in the third year of his reign , Morton , Archbishop of ...
... whole of his reign . One of Henry's first endeavours was to procure a law to prevent conspiracies among the great , and riots among the people . In a parliament assembled in the third year of his reign , Morton , Archbishop of ...
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... whole country was secured ; and the Commons , being no longer oppressed by feudal power , or distracted by domestic war , were enabled to acquire , first wealth , then importance , and lastly freedom . Bacon , it is true , attributes ...
... whole country was secured ; and the Commons , being no longer oppressed by feudal power , or distracted by domestic war , were enabled to acquire , first wealth , then importance , and lastly freedom . Bacon , it is true , attributes ...
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... whole , this prece- dent , though inconsistent with itself , makes against the power assumed by the Crown . For if the King had the right to raise those duties , the Act would . have been merely declaratory . The making a new enactment ...
... whole , this prece- dent , though inconsistent with itself , makes against the power assumed by the Crown . For if the King had the right to raise those duties , the Act would . have been merely declaratory . The making a new enactment ...
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