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... hands of Parliament . Henry VIII . and Elizabeth were the last persons to admit such a theory . It was the King's Council and not the Parliament which ruled England . The offshoots of the Council , the Star - Chamber , the Court of High ...
... hands of Parliament . Henry VIII . and Elizabeth were the last persons to admit such a theory . It was the King's Council and not the Parliament which ruled England . The offshoots of the Council , the Star - Chamber , the Court of High ...
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... hands of men who wished to amend , not to sweep away , the old constitution . But with the execution of the king the irre- vocable step was taken , and a new order began . If only in self - defence , the regicides were bound to 1 ...
... hands of men who wished to amend , not to sweep away , the old constitution . But with the execution of the king the irre- vocable step was taken , and a new order began . If only in self - defence , the regicides were bound to 1 ...
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... hand by the House , and a definite assertion of its claim was registered two years later . Over the various municipal corporations , which had been a special point of attack with Charles , Parliament also kept a firm hand , never ...
... hand by the House , and a definite assertion of its claim was registered two years later . Over the various municipal corporations , which had been a special point of attack with Charles , Parliament also kept a firm hand , never ...
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... irresistible mass . It was they , and not the Parliament , who had won the victory . " We all know that ' twas not a new Oath but a new model'd Army that by God's most gratious hand first gave 14 EXPERIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
... irresistible mass . It was they , and not the Parliament , who had won the victory . " We all know that ' twas not a new Oath but a new model'd Army that by God's most gratious hand first gave 14 EXPERIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH .
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... hand first gave check to the King's prosperity , " wrote Parker in 1651 ' . As was inevitable , the conquest had been given to those who had most greatly dared . The four pillars of the Commonwealth were Naseby , Preston , Dunbar , and ...
... hand first gave check to the King's prosperity , " wrote Parker in 1651 ' . As was inevitable , the conquest had been given to those who had most greatly dared . The four pillars of the Commonwealth were Naseby , Preston , Dunbar , and ...
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