The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... ministers and to prevent him from governing the country as he pleased , still more , that this should be done by ... ministers , delayed British business , and far less often helped than hindered British aims . When the ministers of ...
... ministers and to prevent him from governing the country as he pleased , still more , that this should be done by ... ministers , delayed British business , and far less often helped than hindered British aims . When the ministers of ...
Page 701
... Ministers hardly made a pretence of answering his questions , and he complained that his eloquence fell dead against the faded hangings on which Flemish art had portrayed the defeat of the Armada - that tapestry which , " mute as Ministers ...
... Ministers hardly made a pretence of answering his questions , and he complained that his eloquence fell dead against the faded hangings on which Flemish art had portrayed the defeat of the Armada - that tapestry which , " mute as Ministers ...
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... ministers only from year to year , thus avoiding the consequences that would have followed from such induction . After it the minister could claim a life tenure of his living , and became at once independent of his congregation's favour ...
... ministers only from year to year , thus avoiding the consequences that would have followed from such induction . After it the minister could claim a life tenure of his living , and became at once independent of his congregation's favour ...
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