Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes1-2D. Appleton and Company, 1896 |
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... minister only ought to be responsible for the acts of the sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries , and retain James ? The person of a king is sacred . Was the person of James considered sacred at the Boyne ? To dis- charge cannon ...
... minister only ought to be responsible for the acts of the sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries , and retain James ? The person of a king is sacred . Was the person of James considered sacred at the Boyne ? To dis- charge cannon ...
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... ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority — not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments . And he did not require that the chief - magistracy should be hereditary in his family . Thus far , we think , if the ...
... ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority — not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments . And he did not require that the chief - magistracy should be hereditary in his family . Thus far , we think , if the ...
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... minister flew from place to place in order to superintend the execution of his design . The times were , in some respects , favourable to the experiment . The system of military tactics had undergone a great revo- lution . The cavalry ...
... minister flew from place to place in order to superintend the execution of his design . The times were , in some respects , favourable to the experiment . The system of military tactics had undergone a great revo- lution . The cavalry ...
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... ministers , and of the rise of profligate favourites . But we must remember how small a proportion the good or evil affected by a single states- man can bear to the good or evil of a great social system . Bishop Watson compares a ...
... ministers , and of the rise of profligate favourites . But we must remember how small a proportion the good or evil affected by a single states- man can bear to the good or evil of a great social system . Bishop Watson compares a ...
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... minister who was as bad as a representative of the system which has been christened after him , as Becket of the spirit of the Gospel . And , on the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field , and Sidney on the scaf ...
... minister who was as bad as a representative of the system which has been christened after him , as Becket of the spirit of the Gospel . And , on the other hand , the cause for which Hampden bled on the field , and Sidney on the scaf ...
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