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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... spirit he saw , and a new power arising in the nation ; and to these he was determined for the future to trust for his security and pro- tection . When the parliament was summoned , Charles , by a stretch of prerogative , had given ...
... spirit he saw , and a new power arising in the nation ; and to these he was determined for the future to trust for his security and pro- tection . When the parliament was summoned , Charles , by a stretch of prerogative , had given ...
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... spirit and genius , while they preserved the form of the constitution : and that the king was acting altogether without any plan ; running on in a road surrounded on all sides with the most dangerous precipices , and concerting no ...
... spirit and genius , while they preserved the form of the constitution : and that the king was acting altogether without any plan ; running on in a road surrounded on all sides with the most dangerous precipices , and concerting no ...
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... spirit of the people was far from being subdued . Throughout England , many refused these loans ; some were even active in encour- aging their neighbors to insist upon their common rights and privileges . By warrant of the council ...
... spirit of the people was far from being subdued . Throughout England , many refused these loans ; some were even active in encour- aging their neighbors to insist upon their common rights and privileges . By warrant of the council ...
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... spirit of liberty was universally diffused , when the principles of government were nearly reduced to a system , when the tempers of men , more civilized , seemed less to require those violent exertions of prerogative , that these five ...
... spirit of liberty was universally diffused , when the principles of government were nearly reduced to a system , when the tempers of men , more civilized , seemed less to require those violent exertions of prerogative , that these five ...
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... spirit of the nation , it was necessary to find some speedy remedy , or finally to abandon all hopes of preserving the freedom of the constitution . Nor did moderate men esteem the provocation which the king had received , though great ...
... spirit of the nation , it was necessary to find some speedy remedy , or finally to abandon all hopes of preserving the freedom of the constitution . Nor did moderate men esteem the provocation which the king had received , though great ...
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ancient appeared arms army assembly attended authority bill of attainder bishops Charles church civil Clarendon clergy command conduct consent council counsels court Covenanters Cromwell crown dangerous declared defence discontent duke earl ecclesiastical enemies engaged England English enterprise entertained entirely expedient extreme Fairfax favor forces former Franklyn friends Hist honor house of commons house of peers Ireland Irish Isle of Rhé king king's kingdom levied liberty Lord measure ment military ministers monarch Nalson nation necessity never obliged officers parlia parliament parliamentary party peace peers person petition petition of right popular possessed prerogative Presbyterians present pretended prevailed prince Prince Rupert prison privileges protector Puritans reason refused regard religion resolved royal royalists Rush Rushworth Scotland Scots Scottish seemed seized sent ship money soldiers sovereign spirit star chamber Strafford subjects supply thought thousand pounds tion tonnage and poundage treaty troops violent voted Whitlocke whole zeal
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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?