A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration; with an Introduction, Tracing the Progress of Society, and of the Constitution, from the Feudal Times to the Opening of the History ; and Including a Particular Examination of Mr. Hume's Statements Relative to the Character of the English Government, Том 3Bell & Bradfute, 1822 |
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... matters had not yet arriv- ed at the crisis when the authority of the legisla- ture could be effectually exerted against that hor- rid train of evils which the kingdom had so long VOL . III . B groaned under ; and the people at large ...
... matters had not yet arriv- ed at the crisis when the authority of the legisla- ture could be effectually exerted against that hor- rid train of evils which the kingdom had so long VOL . III . B groaned under ; and the people at large ...
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... matters to an ex- tremity which , however it might end , must , in the interim , be productive of national calamities . The course of elections even then , however , so disap- pointed Charles and his ministers , that the Earl of ...
... matters to an ex- tremity which , however it might end , must , in the interim , be productive of national calamities . The course of elections even then , however , so disap- pointed Charles and his ministers , that the Earl of ...
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... matters must have either terminated in a dreadful convul- sion in the next age , or Britain , the seat of wealth and innumerable comforts , the preserver and disse- minator of rational liberty in modern times , and hence , the nurse of ...
... matters must have either terminated in a dreadful convul- sion in the next age , or Britain , the seat of wealth and innumerable comforts , the preserver and disse- minator of rational liberty in modern times , and hence , the nurse of ...
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... matters , to which they are fully adequate , engross all their vigour ; while on the other hand , a great mind , ever forming to itself a lofty standard , is at once conscious of being too far above the business , and yet is naturally ...
... matters , to which they are fully adequate , engross all their vigour ; while on the other hand , a great mind , ever forming to itself a lofty standard , is at once conscious of being too far above the business , and yet is naturally ...
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... matter ? A small matter , he said , I warrant you . Yes ; replied they , high treason is a small matter * . " When he had reached the place where he expected his coach , he was disappointed to learn that it had been taken to a different ...
... matter ? A small matter , he said , I warrant you . Yes ; replied they , high treason is a small matter * . " When he had reached the place where he expected his coach , he was disappointed to learn that it had been taken to a different ...
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