A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 1W. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... political conditions of the moment it was urgently expedient that it should prove successful . And it was success- ful ; for no one was ever more effectively swept into the throne by the influence of divine right than the new queen was ...
... political conditions of the moment it was urgently expedient that it should prove successful . And it was success- ful ; for no one was ever more effectively swept into the throne by the influence of divine right than the new queen was ...
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... the exact du- ration of its own life . It had become the constitu- tional rule that the Parliament died with the sove- 113 & 14 Will . III . c . 6 . reign . But the Revolution and the political conditions of ΙΟ THE BEGINNING .
... the exact du- ration of its own life . It had become the constitu- tional rule that the Parliament died with the sove- 113 & 14 Will . III . c . 6 . reign . But the Revolution and the political conditions of ΙΟ THE BEGINNING .
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... political influence to what , in the ordinary fixed con- ditions of succession to the crown , is merely an august ceremonial . To count , indeed , that a coronation went for anything more , was an outrage to the absolute doctrine of ...
... political influence to what , in the ordinary fixed con- ditions of succession to the crown , is merely an august ceremonial . To count , indeed , that a coronation went for anything more , was an outrage to the absolute doctrine of ...
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... political power might arise between the sovereign and the other elements of the constitution , aristocratic and democratic . True , it was remembered how Queen Elizabeth had exasper- ated the great houses by the advancement to the ...
... political power might arise between the sovereign and the other elements of the constitution , aristocratic and democratic . True , it was remembered how Queen Elizabeth had exasper- ated the great houses by the advancement to the ...
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... political catastrophe as those only who remember the death of the Princess Charlotte can in some degree realise in some degree only , for the death of the princess did not devolve on the statesmen of 1818 the 18 THE BEGINNING .
... political catastrophe as those only who remember the death of the Princess Charlotte can in some degree realise in some degree only , for the death of the princess did not devolve on the statesmen of 1818 the 18 THE BEGINNING .
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Page 78 - I, AB, do declare, That I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, or in the elements of bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.