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Page 15
... favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can theness , and its slavery to our freedom . These warmest admirers of ...
... favour of the Revolution of 1688 may be urged with at least equal force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can theness , and its slavery to our freedom . These warmest admirers of ...
Page 23
... favour ; and , confident of that favour , they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world . If they were unac- quainted with the works of philosophers and poets , they were deeply read in the oracles of God . If ...
... favour ; and , confident of that favour , they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world . If they were unac- quainted with the works of philosophers and poets , they were deeply read in the oracles of God . If ...
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... favour and on their great personal qualities . Such a work would exhibit to us the real nature of that species of sovereignty , so singular and so often mis- understood , which the Greeks denominated tyranny , and which , modified in ...
... favour and on their great personal qualities . Such a work would exhibit to us the real nature of that species of sovereignty , so singular and so often mis- understood , which the Greeks denominated tyranny , and which , modified in ...
Page 54
... favour of Elizabeth apply with much greater force to the case of her sister Mary . The Catholics did not , at the time of Elizabeth's accession , rise in arms to seat a Pretender on her throne . But before Mary had given , or could give ...
... favour of Elizabeth apply with much greater force to the case of her sister Mary . The Catholics did not , at the time of Elizabeth's accession , rise in arms to seat a Pretender on her throne . But before Mary had given , or could give ...
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... favour by serving Henry in well flourished . He voted for cutting off Cromwell's head without a trial , when the tide of royal favour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . He assisted , while Henry ...
... favour by serving Henry in well flourished . He voted for cutting off Cromwell's head without a trial , when the tide of royal favour turned . He conformed backwards and forwards as the King changed his mind . He assisted , while Henry ...
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