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" I pray you to consider what these new counsels are, and may be. I fear to declare those that I conceive. In all Christian kingdoms you know that parliaments were in use anciently, until the monarchs began to know their own strength ; and, seeing the turbulent... "
A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ... - Page 7
by Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 2

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1807 - 784 pages
...iintiently, by which t heir kingdoms were governed in a most flourishing manner, until the mo^ narchs began to know their own strength; and seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments-, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogalhes, and at last overthrew...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cĉsar, to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 504 pages
...parliaments were " in use anciently, by which those kingdoms were go" verned in a most flourishing manner; until the monarchs " began to know their own strength,...seeing the " turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they by u little and little began to stand on their prerogatives, and " at last overthrew...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 1

William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...parliaments were in use anciently, by which their kingdoms were governed in a most flourishing manner, until the monarchs began to know their own strength...seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew...
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 602 pages
...certain seditious expressions which, he said, had, in their accusation of the duke, dropped from these members. Upon inquiry it appeared that no such expressions...far from terrifying the commons, exasperated their ill-humour, and made them consider a precarious liberty, which was to be preserved by unlimited submissiveness,...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cĉsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - 1812 - 604 pages
...parliaments were in use antiently, by which " those kingdoms were governed in a most flourish" ing manner ; until the monarchs began to know " their own strength,...seeing the turbulent spirit " of their parliaments, at length they by little and " little began to stand on their prerogatives, and " at last overthrew...
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Lives of British Statesmen, Volume 2

John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 468 pages
...know that parliaments were in use anciently, by which they were governed in a most flourishing manner, until the monarchs began to know their own strength...the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, they at length, by little and little, began to stand upon their own prerogatives, and at last overthrew the...
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A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I ..., Volume 2

George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...were in use anciently, by which their kingdoms were governed in a most flourishing manner, until their monarchs began to know their own strength, and seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 492 pages
...parliaments were in use antiently, by which those kingdoms were governed in a most flourishing manner ; until the monarchs began to know their own strength,...seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they by little and little began to stand on their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the...
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Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1831 - 638 pages
...use anciently, by which those kingdoms were governed in a most flourishing manner; until the monarch* began to know their own strength, and seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand on their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the...
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The History of England, Volume 5

Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1835 - 394 pages
...you know that parliaments were in use anciently, by which they were governed in a flourishing manner, until the monarchs began to know their own strength,...seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew parliaments throughout Christendom, except...
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