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" These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent, as they became less excusable, would make a sober man hesitate to support them in a civil war, wherein their success must not only consummate the destruction of the crown, the church, and the... "
Outlines of the history of England - Page 276
by William Douglas Hamilton - 1853
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The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry ..., Volume 2

Henry Hallam - Constitutional history - 1827 - 510 pages
...February. ' Nalson , ii. a34, a45. argument by the plainest of law ' . These great abuses of power , becoming daily more frequent , as they became less...far more sweeping , than that which had rendered the starchamber odious. But it may reasonably also be doubted whether , in staking their own cause on the...
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The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the ...

Henry Hallam - Constitutional history - 1827 - 648 pages
...violence was such as to form a complete becoming daily more frequent, as they became less excusable, CHAP, would make a sober man hesitate to support them in...far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the Star-chamber odious. But it may reasonably also be doubted whether, in staking their own cause on the...
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An Historical Essay on the Real Character and Amount of the Precedent of the ...

Robert Plumer Ward - Great Britain - 1838 - 660 pages
...expressed, but abundantly justifiable in its argument by the plainest of law. " These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent, as they became less...far more sweeping than that which had rendered the Star-chamber odious." * To these forcible observations of Hallam, writing expressly on the Constitution,...
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An Historical Essay on the Real Character and Amount of Precedent ..., Volume 1

Robert Plumer Ward - Great Britain - 1838 - 318 pages
...expressed, but abundantly justifiable in its argument by the plainest of law. " These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent, as they became less...the destruction of the crown, the church, and the * Richmond was their known enemy, but his impeachment was for merely saying, on a motion for adjournment,...
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The History of England, Volume 2

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 564 pages
...its argument by the plainest principles of law." In fine, he says, that " these great abuses of power becoming daily more frequent as they became less excusable,...their proceedings, as it ultimately happened, to an oppresWarwick was a traitor, and he wished hia heart in his boots ; and that he cursed the parliament,...
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The History of England, Volume 2

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 566 pages
...Clarendon, ii. 282. See also the case of Trelawny, stated by him, in the following page. sion, lees severe perhaps, but far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the star-chamber odious." The further reflections of this judicious writer, almost the only one who evinces...
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The History of England, Volume 2

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1840 - 576 pages
...its argument by the plainest principles of law." In fine, he says, that " these great abuses of power becoming daily more frequent as they became less excusable,...far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the star-chamber odious. The further reflections of this judicious writer, almost the only one who evinces...
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The History of England: From the Earliest Period to 1839, Volume 3

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1843 - 340 pages
...says that "these great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent as they became less execusable, would make a sober man hesitate to support them in...that which had rendered the Star Chamber odious." The farther reflections of this judicious writer, almost the only one who evinces impartiality on this...
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Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the Cavaliers: Including Their ..., Volume 1

Eliot Warburton - Great Britain - 1849 - 562 pages
...abundantly justifiable in its argument by the plainest principles of law. These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent as they became less excusable,...far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the Star-Chamber odious." — Hailam's Const. Hist. vol. ip 551. able; but that such charges are confirmed...
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Memoirs of prince Rupert and the Cavaliers including their private ..., Volume 1

Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - 588 pages
...abundantly justifiable in its argument by the plainest principles of law. These great abuses of power, becoming daily more frequent as they became less excusable,...far more sweeping, than that which had rendered the Star-Chamber odious." — Hallam's Const. Hist. vol. ip 551. able; but that such charges are confirmed...
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