A History of England in the Eighteenth CenturyD. Appleton, 1878 - History |
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... tion of a parliamentary title for Divine right as the basis of the throne , and the assertion of the right of the nation to depose a dynasty which had transcended the limits of the constitution , were the great principles for which the ...
... tion of a parliamentary title for Divine right as the basis of the throne , and the assertion of the right of the nation to depose a dynasty which had transcended the limits of the constitution , were the great principles for which the ...
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... tion for all members of Parliament , except a few specified categories , was a Tory law , carried under Queen Anne , in spite of the opposition of the Whigs , and it continued unaltered till 1838 , when the land qualification was ...
... tion for all members of Parliament , except a few specified categories , was a Tory law , carried under Queen Anne , in spite of the opposition of the Whigs , and it continued unaltered till 1838 , when the land qualification was ...
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... tion . In the earlier periods of English history , perhaps the most important element of English liberty lay in the great multitude of independent yeomen or small landed proprietors . In the reign of Henry VI . Fortescue had declared ...
... tion . In the earlier periods of English history , perhaps the most important element of English liberty lay in the great multitude of independent yeomen or small landed proprietors . In the reign of Henry VI . Fortescue had declared ...
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... tion . The immorality of the court of Charles which shocked the sober feelings of the middle - class , the contemptible cha- racter of the King , the humiliation which French patronage and Dutch victories imposed upon the nation , the ...
... tion . The immorality of the court of Charles which shocked the sober feelings of the middle - class , the contemptible cha- racter of the King , the humiliation which French patronage and Dutch victories imposed upon the nation , the ...
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky. tion of William , who threatened at once to retire to Holland and leave the country to anarchy , prevented this solution and made it absolutely necessary to call to the throne a sovereign whose title was ...
William Edward Hartpole Lecky. tion of William , who threatened at once to retire to Holland and leave the country to anarchy , prevented this solution and made it absolutely necessary to call to the throne a sovereign whose title was ...
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Page 442 - It is now too apparent, that this great, this powerful, this formidable kingdom, is considered only as a province to a despicable Electorate; and that, in consequence of a scheme formed long ago, and invariably pursued, these troops are hired only to drain this unhappy nation of its money.
Page 296 - This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of the most dreadful burning of this protestant city, begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the popish faction, in the beginning of September, in the year of our Lord 1666. In order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the protestant religion and old English liberty, and introducing popery and slavery.
Page 327 - It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in them, of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.
Page 141 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Page 307 - In his own country the Catholic was only recognised by the law, ' for repression and punishment.' The Lord Chancellor Bowes and the Chief Justice Robinson both distinctly laid down from the bench ' that the law does not suppose any such person to exist as an Irish Roman...
Page 193 - All civic virtue, all the heroism and self-sacrifice of patriotism spring ultimately from the habit men acquire of regarding their nation as a great organic whole, identifying themselves with its fortunes in the past as in the present, and looking forward anxiously to its future destinies.
Page 308 - To-day, it is the colored race which is denied, by corporations and individuals wielding public authority, rights fundamental in their freedom and citizenship. At some future time, it may be that some other race will fall under the ban of race discrimination.
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Page 302 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles...
Page 580 - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he conies, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums. Arrest him, empress; or you sleep no more — She heard, and drove him to the Hibernian shore.