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... seems also to have been the view of Charles himself . He spoke of the Oxford assemblage as " one mongrel Parliament . ” ( Letter to the Queen , quoted in Gardiner , History of the Great Civil War , 11. 135. ) The sovereignty of the ...
... seems also to have been the view of Charles himself . He spoke of the Oxford assemblage as " one mongrel Parliament . ” ( Letter to the Queen , quoted in Gardiner , History of the Great Civil War , 11. 135. ) The sovereignty of the ...
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... seem to have been docile on the whole , but not of much power . The nomi- nation of the Sheriffs was immediately taken ... seems to have been very little felt . Probably the House of Lords had been of small weight as a poli- tical body ...
... seem to have been docile on the whole , but not of much power . The nomi- nation of the Sheriffs was immediately taken ... seems to have been very little felt . Probably the House of Lords had been of small weight as a poli- tical body ...
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... reprint of the Restoration , but from internal evidence it seems to have been written between May 21 , 1647 , and the king's death . probably lay a huge mass of solid indifference , anx- 20 EXPERIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
... reprint of the Restoration , but from internal evidence it seems to have been written between May 21 , 1647 , and the king's death . probably lay a huge mass of solid indifference , anx- 20 EXPERIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
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... seems impossible otherwise to account for the docility with which the later kalei- doscopic changes of government ... seem to me important towards understanding it . Diary . W Pedantry Prynne . Selden . Spelman . Hobbes . INTRODUCTION . 21.
... seems impossible otherwise to account for the docility with which the later kalei- doscopic changes of government ... seem to me important towards understanding it . Diary . W Pedantry Prynne . Selden . Spelman . Hobbes . INTRODUCTION . 21.
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... seem to have been highly valued , for the average attendance at its meetings was only a fraction over 13o . As a matter of fact it found itself in precisely the same difficulty as the Parliament , for purposes of the executive . It was ...
... seem to have been highly valued , for the average attendance at its meetings was only a fraction over 13o . As a matter of fact it found itself in precisely the same difficulty as the Parliament , for purposes of the executive . It was ...
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