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Under all the despotism of the Tudors , the Parliament of England had never disappeared . It had been servile , it had been wavering , but it had never ceased to take an active part in the govern- ment of the State .
Under all the despotism of the Tudors , the Parliament of England had never disappeared . It had been servile , it had been wavering , but it had never ceased to take an active part in the govern- ment of the State .
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reason ; and in spite of all her false and cruel actions , she never lost sight of the safety and greatness of the royal prerogative and of the kingdom . Nor was hers an insignificant part in the policy which eventually delivered France ...
reason ; and in spite of all her false and cruel actions , she never lost sight of the safety and greatness of the royal prerogative and of the kingdom . Nor was hers an insignificant part in the policy which eventually delivered France ...
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a foreign construction , while the architecture of Rome must have issued in a more magnificent development , had that of Greece never come into existence ; nay , it would have done so perhaps with greater certainty and rapidity .
a foreign construction , while the architecture of Rome must have issued in a more magnificent development , had that of Greece never come into existence ; nay , it would have done so perhaps with greater certainty and rapidity .
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1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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