...character) had he been born an abfolute prince, his humanity and good fenfe had rendered his gative been in his time, quite" fixed and certain, his integrity...Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedent of former reigns, favoured llrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran...

...humanity and good fenfe had rendered his reign happy, and his memory precious. Had the limitations on the prerogative been in his time quite fixed and certain,...conftitution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when die precedents of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people...

...than by quoting the words of the elegant hiftorian, Hume, in drawing the character of this monarch. " Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents > -of many former reigns favoured ftrongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently toward liberty. And,...

...and artful repreientations of Mr. Hume. OUR hiftorian fays of Charles, that ** had the limitations on prerogative been, " in his time, quite fixed and certain,...made him regard, as " facred, the boundaries of the confiitu" tion." But this aflertion will appear totally groundlefs, if we confider, that his adminiftration...

...happy, and his memory precious. Had the limitations on the prerogative been in his time quite iixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard as...period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured ft; ongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty....

...quite fixed and certain, his hiteprity had made him regard as facred th* boundaries of the conllhution. Unhappily his fate threw him into a period, when the precedents of many former reigns favoured fhongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty. And...

...fentence, is fometimes made ufe of: as, "pfadhe done this, he had efcaped ;" " Had the limitations on the prerogative been, in his time, quite fixed and certain,...had made him regard as facred, the boundaries of the conflifution." The fentence in the common form would have read thus : " If the limitations on the prerogative...

...sentence, is sometimes made use of: as, " Had he done this, he had escaped ;" "''Had the limitations on the prerogative been, in his time, quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution." The sentence in the common form would have read thus :...

...sentence, is sometimes made use of: as, " Had he done this, he had escaped ;" " Had the limitations on the prerogative been, in his time, quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution." The sentence in the common form would have read thus :...

...sentence, is sometimes made use of: as, " Had he done this, he had escaped ;" '< Had the limitations on the prerogative been, in his time, quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard sis^sacred, the boundaries of the constitution." The sentence in the common form would have read thus...