Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes1-2D. Appleton and Company, 1896 |
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... king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia- ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star ...
... king had consented to so many reforms , and re- nounced so many oppressive prerogatives , did the parlia- ment continue to rise in their demands , at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star ...
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... king . Of that celebrated proceeding we by no means approve . Still we must say , in justice to the many eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be ...
... king . Of that celebrated proceeding we by no means approve . Still we must say , in justice to the many eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be ...
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... King William , and for making all opposition fall before him until he became our king and governor , can , on the thirtieth of January , con- trive to be afraid that the blood of the royal martyr may be visited on themselves and their ...
... King William , and for making all opposition fall before him until he became our king and governor , can , on the thirtieth of January , con- trive to be afraid that the blood of the royal martyr may be visited on themselves and their ...
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... king was the cause of bigotry and tyranny , we yet cannot refrain from looking with complacency on the character of the honest old Cavaliers . We feel a national pride in comparing them with the instruments which the despots of other ...
... king was the cause of bigotry and tyranny , we yet cannot refrain from looking with complacency on the character of the honest old Cavaliers . We feel a national pride in comparing them with the instruments which the despots of other ...
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... king and a persecuting hierarchy , he exerted himself in con- junction with others . But the glory of the battle , which he fought for that species of freedom which is the most valuable , and which was then the least understood , the ...
... king and a persecuting hierarchy , he exerted himself in con- junction with others . But the glory of the battle , which he fought for that species of freedom which is the most valuable , and which was then the least understood , the ...
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