... Parliament to the Restoration, has been justly regarded as the most eventful and interesting which had occurred during the century. It was distinguished by the patriotic deeds of men, whom knowledge, energy, and discretion, had eminently qualified... Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen - Page 14301830Full view - About this book
| Thomas Burton, Guibon Goddard, Great Britain. Parliament, 1640-1660 - 1828 - 642 pages
...energy, and discretion, had eminently qualified to dispute the claims of the crown, to an unlimited and irresponsible authority. Such had been, too long,...Elizabeth's courtiers, in her declining years,* and the Queen's dying donation,f (as if aggrandizing the son, to atone for the * See vol. iv. p. 135, note;... | |
| Thomas Burton - 1828 - 642 pages
...energy, and discretion, had eminently qualified to dispute the claims of the crown, to an unlimited and irresponsible authority. Such had been, too long,...Elizabeth's courtiers, in her declining years,* and the Queen's dying donation,f (as if aggrandizing the son, to atone for the • See vol. iv. p. 135, note;... | |
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