Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History: Delivered in the University of Dublin, Volume 5Graisberry & Campbell, 1824 - History |
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... favour , than on any independent opposi- tion to the claims of prerogative . The conse- quence of this change of the government was naturally a further augmentation of that power , which the nobles had learned to consider as the basis ...
... favour , than on any independent opposi- tion to the claims of prerogative . The conse- quence of this change of the government was naturally a further augmentation of that power , which the nobles had learned to consider as the basis ...
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... favour ; the talents and information of its mem- bers secured to them a considerable degree of importance in the management of the public affairs ; and the decay of the states general at length turned the attention of the people to ...
... favour ; the talents and information of its mem- bers secured to them a considerable degree of importance in the management of the public affairs ; and the decay of the states general at length turned the attention of the people to ...
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... ani- mosities , which had long inflamed the nation ; and the emulation of the two factions to conci- VOL . V. C Chron . Abridgm . 1503 . liate the favour of the sovereign had enabled him to STATE OF THE WORLD - 1519 . 17.
... ani- mosities , which had long inflamed the nation ; and the emulation of the two factions to conci- VOL . V. C Chron . Abridgm . 1503 . liate the favour of the sovereign had enabled him to STATE OF THE WORLD - 1519 . 17.
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Delivered in the University of Dublin George Miller. liate the favour of the sovereign had enabled him to assume a degree of authority , which his predecessors could not ... favour the improve- ment of the 18 PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN HISTORY .
Delivered in the University of Dublin George Miller. liate the favour of the sovereign had enabled him to assume a degree of authority , which his predecessors could not ... favour the improve- ment of the 18 PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN HISTORY .
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Delivered in the University of Dublin George Miller. cal constitution disposed to favour the improve- ment of the government , instead of generating dissensions ruinous to the public freedom . The great power of the Norman sovereigns had ...
Delivered in the University of Dublin George Miller. cal constitution disposed to favour the improve- ment of the government , instead of generating dissensions ruinous to the public freedom . The great power of the Norman sovereigns had ...
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