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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... possible , properly to understand it , or many of the circum- stances which so contributed to its success ; for instance , Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's murder . Instead of labouring to investigate what the fury of those times leaves us ...
... possible , properly to understand it , or many of the circum- stances which so contributed to its success ; for instance , Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's murder . Instead of labouring to investigate what the fury of those times leaves us ...
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... possible , his steps , and of acting up to the model which had vainly been presented to his view . But life admits not of this neglect of opportunities : he was struck by the hand of death , and what , then , is his history ? The ...
... possible , his steps , and of acting up to the model which had vainly been presented to his view . But life admits not of this neglect of opportunities : he was struck by the hand of death , and what , then , is his history ? The ...
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... possible for the Dissenters conscientiously to join her communion . But the difficulty soon started in the House of Lords was , who were the proper persons to decide on these concessions - a committee of the clergy or a committee of the ...
... possible for the Dissenters conscientiously to join her communion . But the difficulty soon started in the House of Lords was , who were the proper persons to decide on these concessions - a committee of the clergy or a committee of the ...
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... possible . " But the bishops , after all , never did nor would express any such dislike . At the end of this volume , in the appendix , there are some very curious particulars of what passed between the king and the bishops on the ...
... possible . " But the bishops , after all , never did nor would express any such dislike . At the end of this volume , in the appendix , there are some very curious particulars of what passed between the king and the bishops on the ...
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... possible ) from these disagreeable positions of the original contract and violation of fundamental laws , and , without expressly saying whether the throne was or was not vacant , to obtain a vote for a regency . On this occasion the ...
... possible ) from these disagreeable positions of the original contract and violation of fundamental laws , and , without expressly saying whether the throne was or was not vacant , to obtain a vote for a regency . On this occasion the ...
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Page 43 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people; and, by the advice of jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby become vacant.