Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... Kings have a peculiar interest in ascertaining the bounds of each de- partment's duties and rights . They find protection in keeping each within its own limits . Coming , of neces- sity , into frequent contact with them all , monarchs ...
... Kings have a peculiar interest in ascertaining the bounds of each de- partment's duties and rights . They find protection in keeping each within its own limits . Coming , of neces- sity , into frequent contact with them all , monarchs ...
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... King de facto as well as de jure . The American war , the long exclusion of the liberal party , the French Revolution , the Catholic question , are all sad monuments of his real power . Of all his resolutions on these affairs , the ...
... King de facto as well as de jure . The American war , the long exclusion of the liberal party , the French Revolution , the Catholic question , are all sad monuments of his real power . Of all his resolutions on these affairs , the ...
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... king , for I never will set my hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he con ...
... king , for I never will set my hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he con ...
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... king of this country hold a real or only a nominal office ? Is he merely a form , or is he a substantive power in our mixed and balanced con- stitution ? " Some maintain , nay , it is a prevailing opi- nion among certain authorities of ...
... king of this country hold a real or only a nominal office ? Is he merely a form , or is he a substantive power in our mixed and balanced con- stitution ? " Some maintain , nay , it is a prevailing opi- nion among certain authorities of ...
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... King of Prussia , and him beset by a com- bination of all the continental powers in unnatural union to effect his destruction ; with an army of insignificant amount , and commanded by men only desirous of grasping LORD CHATHAM . 21.
... King of Prussia , and him beset by a com- bination of all the continental powers in unnatural union to effect his destruction ; with an army of insignificant amount , and commanded by men only desirous of grasping LORD CHATHAM . 21.
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