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He had survived his health and his sight , the comforts of his home and the prosperity of his party . Of the great men by whom he had been distinguished at his entrance into life , some had been taken away from the evil to come ...
He had survived his health and his sight , the comforts of his home and the prosperity of his party . Of the great men by whom he had been distinguished at his entrance into life , some had been taken away from the evil to come ...
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... not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the ...
... not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the ...
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... all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitrary and lawless power , even in his hands . We know that a good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot .
... all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitrary and lawless power , even in his hands . We know that a good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot .
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Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their own liberty , and de- serted all their old principles . Without casting one glance on the past , or requiring one ...
Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their own liberty , and de- serted all their old principles . Without casting one glance on the past , or requiring one ...
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And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are in- tended to apply only to those who adhered , from a ...
And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are in- tended to apply only to those who adhered , from a ...
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