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... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles himself and his miserable creature , Laud , while they abjured ...
... Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a papist ; we say in name and profession , because both Charles himself and his miserable creature , Laud , while they abjured ...
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... Charles I. broken the funda mental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , un- less he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his de - opponents , but to the narratives of the ...
... Charles I. broken the funda mental laws of England ? No person can answer in the negative , un- less he refuses credit , not merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his de - opponents , but to the narratives of the ...
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... Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent , for five ...
... Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent , for five ...
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... Charles could have been . The minister only thing more were wanting to the justification ought to be responsible for the acts of the of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries it . That ...
... Charles could have been . The minister only thing more were wanting to the justification ought to be responsible for the acts of the of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries it . That ...
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... Charles I. , or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II . was celebrated . But , if we must make our choice , we shall , like Bassanio in the play , turn from the specious caskets which contain only the Death's head and ...
... Charles I. , or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II . was celebrated . But , if we must make our choice , we shall , like Bassanio in the play , turn from the specious caskets which contain only the Death's head and ...
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