A Constitutional History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration: with an Introd., Tracing the Progress of Society and of the Constitution from the Feudal Times to the Opening of the History, and Including a Particular Examination of Mr. Hume's Statements Relative to the Character of the English Government, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1866 - Constitutional history |
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... favour of his own partisans . " From the attainders and deaths of the temporal peers , their num- ber was diminished , and those attached to the York party in detailing the battle of Northamp- ton , 38 H. 6 , says , ' The tenth day of ...
... favour of his own partisans . " From the attainders and deaths of the temporal peers , their num- ber was diminished , and those attached to the York party in detailing the battle of Northamp- ton , 38 H. 6 , says , ' The tenth day of ...
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... favour of the monarch , who even employed them chiefly in secular affairs , and connived at clerical usurpation . * The ineffectual attempts of the Yorkists to dethrone Henry , taught his adherents the necessity of strengthening the ...
... favour of the monarch , who even employed them chiefly in secular affairs , and connived at clerical usurpation . * The ineffectual attempts of the Yorkists to dethrone Henry , taught his adherents the necessity of strengthening the ...
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... favours Henry VIII . rendered himself popular with both . He , at the same time , set an example of a different course of life , by his taste for learning , and profuse expenditure on elegancies and luxuries ... favour , as well as from.
... favours Henry VIII . rendered himself popular with both . He , at the same time , set an example of a different course of life , by his taste for learning , and profuse expenditure on elegancies and luxuries ... favour , as well as from.
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... favour , as well as from the commanding influence which he derived from his personal qualities in such an age , he could not fail to lead the fashion . The young king possessed far more learning than generally falls to the share of ...
... favour , as well as from the commanding influence which he derived from his personal qualities in such an age , he could not fail to lead the fashion . The young king possessed far more learning than generally falls to the share of ...
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... favour that I may speak for myself ; but , alas ! to whom ? The king my master , to whom I should appeal , as to my supreme judge and protector , abandons me to my enemies , without other cause than VOL . I. Such a character was that I ...
... favour that I may speak for myself ; but , alas ! to whom ? The king my master , to whom I should appeal , as to my supreme judge and protector , abandons me to my enemies , without other cause than VOL . I. Such a character was that I ...
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Page 143 - ... general councils, or any of them ; or by any other general council, wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of canonical scripture, or such as shall hereafter be declared to be heresy by the high court of parliament, with the assent of the clergy in convocation.
Page 344 - The duke was indeed a very extraordinary person; and never any man, in any age, nor, I believe, in any country or nation, rose, in so short a time, to so much greatness of honour, fame and fortune, upon no other advantage or recommendation than of the beauty and gracefulness and becomingness of his person.
Page 121 - , it is enacted that no man shall be attached by any accusation nor forejudged of life or limb, nor his lands, tenements, goods nor chattels seized into the King's hands against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...