The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688, Band 5Phillips Sampson & Company, 1856 |
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... seemed to gratify their passions and their prejudices , it was impossible for him long to preserve the affections of the people . influence over the modesty of Charles exceeded even that which he had acquired over the weakness of James ...
... seemed to gratify their passions and their prejudices , it was impossible for him long to preserve the affections of the people . influence over the modesty of Charles exceeded even that which he had acquired over the weakness of James ...
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... seemed desirous of embracing every opportunity by which he could express a contempt and dis- regard for them . No one was at that time sufficiently sensible of the great weight which the commons bore in the balance of the constitution ...
... seemed desirous of embracing every opportunity by which he could express a contempt and dis- regard for them . No one was at that time sufficiently sensible of the great weight which the commons bore in the balance of the constitution ...
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... seemed so diffi- ' cult to repair , the only rational counsel which Charles could pursue , was immediately to conclude a peace with Spain , and to render himself , as far as possible , independent of his peo- ple , who discovered so ...
... seemed so diffi- ' cult to repair , the only rational counsel which Charles could pursue , was immediately to conclude a peace with Spain , and to render himself , as far as possible , independent of his peo- ple , who discovered so ...
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... seemed less to require those violent exertions of prerogative , that these five gentlemen above mentioned , by a noble effort , ventured , in this national cause , to bring the question to a final determination . And the king was ...
... seemed less to require those violent exertions of prerogative , that these five gentlemen above mentioned , by a noble effort , ventured , in this national cause , to bring the question to a final determination . And the king was ...
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... seemed the object of peculiar indignation . In this situation , it may be imagined the king and the duke dreaded , above all things , the assembling of a parliament ; but so little foresight had they possessed in their enterprising ...
... seemed the object of peculiar indignation . In this situation , it may be imagined the king and the duke dreaded , above all things , the assembling of a parliament ; but so little foresight had they possessed in their enterprising ...
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Seite 538 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Seite 42 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Seite 486 - ... to over-run each corner of the three nations, and overcome with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north...
Seite 538 - Parliament, and that none be called to make answer or take such oath or to give attendance or be confined or otherwise molested or disquieted concerning the same or for refusal thereof. And that no freeman in any such manner as is before mentioned be imprisoned or detained.
Seite 498 - He placed his soldiers in the streets which led to Westminster Hall. When the speaker came in his coach, he ordered the horses to be turned, and very civilly conducted him home. The other members were in like manner intercepted. And the two regiments in Palace-yard, observing that they were exposed to derision, peaceably retired to their quarters. A little before this bold enterprise, a solemn fast had been kept by the army; and it is remarked, that this ceremony was the usual prelude to every signal...
Seite 145 - ... chiefly to inflame the Parliament and nation, especially the latter, were the surplice, the rails placed about the altar, the bows exacted on approaching it, the liturgy, the breach of the sabbath, embroidered copes, lawn sleeves, the use of the ring in marriage, and of the cross in baptism. On account of these...
Seite 434 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 183 - No age, no sex, no condition, was spared. The wife weeping for her butchered husband, and embracing her helpless children, was pierced with them, and perished by the same stroke.
Seite 434 - You are no longer a parliament. I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you: he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, .-" O! Sir Harry Vane, Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane...
Seite 158 - If I sail on the Thames, and split my vessel on an anchor; in case there be no buoy to give warning, the party shall pay me damages: But, if the anchor be marked out, then is the striking on it at my own peril. Where is the mark set upon this crime? Where is the token by which I should discover it?