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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... Charles I. attempted to continue in the same course , which had now received the sanction of so many generations , so much were the opinions of men altered , that a furious tem- pest was excited by it , and histo- rians , partial or ...
... Charles I. attempted to continue in the same course , which had now received the sanction of so many generations , so much were the opinions of men altered , that a furious tem- pest was excited by it , and histo- rians , partial or ...
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... Charles IX . , merely the minister of bigotry of which he was himself the disciple . He taught from his own mouth the opinions which were to regulate his subjects ; he contained in his own breast the rule of orthodoxy ; and he had the ...
... Charles IX . , merely the minister of bigotry of which he was himself the disciple . He taught from his own mouth the opinions which were to regulate his subjects ; he contained in his own breast the rule of orthodoxy ; and he had the ...
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... Charles I. , for Louis XVI . , if they and their im- mediate predecessors had been aware of this key- stone of their fate ! The Reformation , the civil wars of England , and the revolution in France , had their rise in disordered ...
... Charles I. , for Louis XVI . , if they and their im- mediate predecessors had been aware of this key- stone of their fate ! The Reformation , the civil wars of England , and the revolution in France , had their rise in disordered ...
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... but his conduct made him contemptible as a king . How vain then to pretend that all the ancient privileges of the English nation were to depend upon his nod ! CHAPTER VII . CHARLES THE FIRST . ' There was CH . VI . 37 JAMES THE FIRST .
... but his conduct made him contemptible as a king . How vain then to pretend that all the ancient privileges of the English nation were to depend upon his nod ! CHAPTER VII . CHARLES THE FIRST . ' There was CH . VI . 37 JAMES THE FIRST .
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... Charles I. found the nation en- gaged in hostilities with Spain , which was then esteemed the most powerful monarchy in Europe . An attempt has been made to throw upon the first Parliament of Charles the charge of bad faith and want of ...
... Charles I. found the nation en- gaged in hostilities with Spain , which was then esteemed the most powerful monarchy in Europe . An attempt has been made to throw upon the first Parliament of Charles the charge of bad faith and want of ...
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