Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nation to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 - History, Modern |
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... opinion there may be respecting their intentions and conduct during this latter period ( during their struggle with ... opinions , religious and political ; to Popery and arbitrary power . These , with Charles , 2 [ LECT . XIX . MODERN ...
... opinion there may be respecting their intentions and conduct during this latter period ( during their struggle with ... opinions , religious and political ; to Popery and arbitrary power . These , with Charles , 2 [ LECT . XIX . MODERN ...
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... opinions that were dear to him ; and he thoroughly and from his heart did detest and abjure all men , principles , and parties that presumed to interfere with the powers that be , either in church or state . When the duke speaks of the ...
... opinions that were dear to him ; and he thoroughly and from his heart did detest and abjure all men , principles , and parties that presumed to interfere with the powers that be , either in church or state . When the duke speaks of the ...
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... opinions so freely and so strongly , on subjects so various and so important , that , from the impossibility of all comment , they must be left by me entirely unnoticed . But it is necessary to observe that the style , which is at first ...
... opinions so freely and so strongly , on subjects so various and so important , that , from the impossibility of all comment , they must be left by me entirely unnoticed . But it is necessary to observe that the style , which is at first ...
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... opinions too , should be mixed in it , the better to find expedients for that end , rather than clergymen alone of our church , who are generally observed to have very much the same way of reasoning and thinking . WINCHESTER . MORDAUNT ...
... opinions too , should be mixed in it , the better to find expedients for that end , rather than clergymen alone of our church , who are generally observed to have very much the same way of reasoning and thinking . WINCHESTER . MORDAUNT ...
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... opinions were in themselves no just disqualification ; that it by no means fol- lowed that James , though a Papist himself , would have vio- lated the constitution of his country , rather than not make his subjects the same ; that the ...
... opinions were in themselves no just disqualification ; that it by no means fol- lowed that James , though a Papist himself , would have vio- lated the constitution of his country , rather than not make his subjects the same ; that the ...
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