Leaders of the senate: a biographical history of the rise and development of the British constitution. 2 vols. [issued in 15 pt.]. |
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... Parliament was held in one chamber - in which the mitred abbots and armed barons sat , and had no voice in the conduct of public business ; they voted as they were bidden ; they consented to the imposition of taxes , since they dared ...
... Parliament was held in one chamber - in which the mitred abbots and armed barons sat , and had no voice in the conduct of public business ; they voted as they were bidden ; they consented to the imposition of taxes , since they dared ...
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... Parliament must meet with the approval of all those who are in favour of constitutional government ; there can be little doubt that Charles I. , by his evasions of the law and his resolve to rule without parliamentary control , had ...
... Parliament must meet with the approval of all those who are in favour of constitutional government ; there can be little doubt that Charles I. , by his evasions of the law and his resolve to rule without parliamentary control , had ...
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... Parliament has been the gradual that the authority of the crown was limited , and that its power was controlled by Par- liament . This theory , as we have seen , especially during the Tudor and Stuart periods of our history , was not ...
... Parliament has been the gradual that the authority of the crown was limited , and that its power was controlled by Par- liament . This theory , as we have seen , especially during the Tudor and Stuart periods of our history , was not ...
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... Parliament of 1660 , which voted for the Restoration . A man of brilliant talents , a keen debater , and a stanch adherent of the Stuarts , Sir Ed- ward threw himself heart and soul into the royal cause , and received from the " Merry ...
... Parliament of 1660 , which voted for the Restoration . A man of brilliant talents , a keen debater , and a stanch adherent of the Stuarts , Sir Ed- ward threw himself heart and soul into the royal cause , and received from the " Merry ...
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... Parliament was not unevent- undergone by those who embrace parlia- ful . King William III . , the Deliverer , in | mentary life as a profession , but he had spite of intrigue and faction , was firmly little cause afterwards to regret ...
... Parliament was not unevent- undergone by those who embrace parlia- ful . King William III . , the Deliverer , in | mentary life as a profession , but he had spite of intrigue and faction , was firmly little cause afterwards to regret ...
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