Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 35
... King himself . If there be any truth in any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression ...
... King himself . If there be any truth in any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct of Charles , from his accession to the meeting of the Long Parliament , had been a continued course of oppression ...
Pagina 36
... King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not . break them ? He had renounced oppressive prerogatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal ...
... King . He had no doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not . break them ? He had renounced oppressive prerogatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal ...
Pagina 38
... king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important ...
... king . We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father , or a good man and a treacherous friend . We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important ...
Pagina 43
... King can do no wrong . If So , James was as innocent as Charles could have been . The minister only ought to be respon- sible for the acts of the Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is ...
... King can do no wrong . If So , James was as innocent as Charles could have been . The minister only ought to be respon- sible for the acts of the Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jefferies and retain James ? The person of a King is ...
Pagina 47
... King cringed to his rival that he might trample on his people , sank into a viceroy of France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her . degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of ...
... King cringed to his rival that he might trample on his people , sank into a viceroy of France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her . degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of ...
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