Political Fame. [By Rose Ellen Hendriks, afterwards Temple.]1847 |
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... womanly , but a Christianlike power , and albeit the sovereign holds most marked supremacy , each British subject is lord of England's destiny , and the architect of her fortune . 1 CHAPTER RIGHT AND MIGHT CONSIDERED HISTORICALLY.
... womanly , but a Christianlike power , and albeit the sovereign holds most marked supremacy , each British subject is lord of England's destiny , and the architect of her fortune . 1 CHAPTER RIGHT AND MIGHT CONSIDERED HISTORICALLY.
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... sovereign's power , without any of the ill - will of jealousy . No great difference in the laws took place from the death of Charlemagne to the reign of Charles , surnamed the Simple ( 898 ) ; here was a revolt : there was no time for ...
... sovereign's power , without any of the ill - will of jealousy . No great difference in the laws took place from the death of Charlemagne to the reign of Charles , surnamed the Simple ( 898 ) ; here was a revolt : there was no time for ...
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... sovereign the master ; and as the justice or tyranny of each law in its form is not our present discussion , so we leave to other pens the task of stigmatizing the Con- queror by a harsher name . Louis the Sixth of France is the next ...
... sovereign the master ; and as the justice or tyranny of each law in its form is not our present discussion , so we leave to other pens the task of stigmatizing the Con- queror by a harsher name . Louis the Sixth of France is the next ...
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... Sovereign must have leaned to a party , ere party be formed for and against him . There have been times when names and parties in politics were absolutely necessary . When Charles the First was dethroned , one party called for his head ...
... Sovereign must have leaned to a party , ere party be formed for and against him . There have been times when names and parties in politics were absolutely necessary . When Charles the First was dethroned , one party called for his head ...
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... sovereign and the nobility are not only foolish , but egregiously selfish , — look at all republics , ye lovers of national equality , and tremble for the consequence ! From ages past statesmen have been busy in recording the annals of ...
... sovereign and the nobility are not only foolish , but egregiously selfish , — look at all republics , ye lovers of national equality , and tremble for the consequence ! From ages past statesmen have been busy in recording the annals of ...
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