Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 2. kötetB. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 oldal |
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26. oldal
... sovereign without breaking the law . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and , by a judicious exercise of this power , they might hope to take from the Church its ...
... sovereign without breaking the law . They were the majority of the House of Commons . They had the power of giving or withholding supplies ; and , by a judicious exercise of this power , they might hope to take from the Church its ...
27. oldal
... sovereign . The indecorous gallantries of the Court , the habits of gross intoxication in which even the ladies indulged , were alone sufficient to disgust a people whose manners were beginning to LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN . 27.
... sovereign . The indecorous gallantries of the Court , the habits of gross intoxication in which even the ladies indulged , were alone sufficient to disgust a people whose manners were beginning to LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN . 27.
28. oldal
... sovereign whom James most resembled was , we think , Claudius Cæsar . Both had the same feeble vacillating temper , the same childishness , the same coarseness , the same poltroonery . Both were men of learning ; both wrote and spoke ...
... sovereign whom James most resembled was , we think , Claudius Cæsar . Both had the same feeble vacillating temper , the same childishness , the same coarseness , the same poltroonery . Both were men of learning ; both wrote and spoke ...
31. oldal
... sovereign and his dissolute courtiers , or to relax in their efforts to remove public grievances . They therefore lodged the money which they voted for the war in the hands of Par- liamentary Commissioners . They impeached the treasurer ...
... sovereign and his dissolute courtiers , or to relax in their efforts to remove public grievances . They therefore lodged the money which they voted for the war in the hands of Par- liamentary Commissioners . They impeached the treasurer ...
53. oldal
... sovereign of its sovereign , at another time the servant of its servants . From the first day of meeting the attendance was great ; and the aspect of the members was that of men not disposed to do the work negligently . The dissolution ...
... sovereign of its sovereign , at another time the servant of its servants . From the first day of meeting the attendance was great ; and the aspect of the members was that of men not disposed to do the work negligently . The dissolution ...
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