The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt, by C. MacFarlane and T. Thomson, Volume 2 |
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... council , Somerset must have felt that his exer- cise of supreme power would be subject to a con- stant check ; and the crafty Southampton ( Wri- othesley ) , on the other hand , seems to have been by no means thrown into despair , or ...
... council , Somerset must have felt that his exer- cise of supreme power would be subject to a con- stant check ; and the crafty Southampton ( Wri- othesley ) , on the other hand , seems to have been by no means thrown into despair , or ...
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... council , where , after offering a submission " full of vain quiddities " ( as the minute characterizes it ) , he at last consented to withdraw his protestation unconditionally ; but , nevertheless , " for giving terror to others , " it ...
... council , where , after offering a submission " full of vain quiddities " ( as the minute characterizes it ) , he at last consented to withdraw his protestation unconditionally ; but , nevertheless , " for giving terror to others , " it ...
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... council in thus going on creating new offences with arbitrary punishments , although the act was now repealed that had formerly given them such extraordin- ary powers . It was argued , in their vindication , that they might still issue ...
... council in thus going on creating new offences with arbitrary punishments , although the act was now repealed that had formerly given them such extraordin- ary powers . It was argued , in their vindication , that they might still issue ...
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... council - that is , of the mere assertions of his enemies , upon which , as we shall find , although he was con- demned and put to death , he was never brought to trial , and of the truth of many things in which we have really no ...
... council - that is , of the mere assertions of his enemies , upon which , as we shall find , although he was con- demned and put to death , he was never brought to trial , and of the truth of many things in which we have really no ...
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... council that , after he had agreed and given his consent in writing to the appointment of his brother as " governor of the king's majesty's person , and protector of all his realms and dominions , and subjects ; " he had " attempted and ...
... council that , after he had agreed and given his consent in writing to the appointment of his brother as " governor of the king's majesty's person , and protector of all his realms and dominions , and subjects ; " he had " attempted and ...
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