History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, Volume 10Parker, 1866 - Great Britain |
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... subjects . Every- where , indeed , there was paradox ; everywhere contra- diction and inconsistency . In the struggle for existence men snatch at the first weapon that comes to hand , and cannot look too nicely at the armoury where it ...
... subjects . Every- where , indeed , there was paradox ; everywhere contra- diction and inconsistency . In the struggle for existence men snatch at the first weapon that comes to hand , and cannot look too nicely at the armoury where it ...
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... subjects . Princes were not more consistent than their peoples . Elizabeth was half a Catholic in theory , in practice she was the most vigorous of Protestants . The Court of France was one month the ally of the Papacy , and the ...
... subjects . Princes were not more consistent than their peoples . Elizabeth was half a Catholic in theory , in practice she was the most vigorous of Protestants . The Court of France was one month the ally of the Papacy , and the ...
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... subjects in rebellion , and invaded his Indian co- lonies , yet to keep her on the throne continued the same necessity to him as when ten years before he had re- jected the entreaties of de Feria and de Quadra to make himself master of ...
... subjects in rebellion , and invaded his Indian co- lonies , yet to keep her on the throne continued the same necessity to him as when ten years before he had re- jected the entreaties of de Feria and de Quadra to make himself master of ...
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... subjects , in which she explained the principles of her past government , and appealed to their con- sciences to say whether on the whole she had deserved their disaffection . The thoughts were her own , the language in part or wholly ...
... subjects , in which she explained the principles of her past government , and appealed to their con- sciences to say whether on the whole she had deserved their disaffection . The thoughts were her own , the language in part or wholly ...
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... subject by taxes , assises , gabels , ' or other exactions : ' she had incurred expenses in the defence of the country against intended invasions ; yet she had been more careful of her subjects ' treasure than even Parliament itself had ...
... subject by taxes , assises , gabels , ' or other exactions : ' she had incurred expenses in the defence of the country against intended invasions ; yet she had been more careful of her subjects ' treasure than even Parliament itself had ...
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