The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688, Volume 5Phillips Sampson & Company, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... Military Power , Invitation of Commons to the King to fix his Residence in London ,. The King's Answer , 212 214 • 215 217 217 The King arrives at York , 219 He is supported by a considerable Party , 219 The Gates of Hull shut against ...
... Military Power , Invitation of Commons to the King to fix his Residence in London ,. The King's Answer , 212 214 • 215 217 217 The King arrives at York , 219 He is supported by a considerable Party , 219 The Gates of Hull shut against ...
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... Military favor the Independents , tiny of the Army , ... 331 332 Tor petition and remonstrate ; the Parliament perplexed , 333 PAGE A Military Parliament formed by Crom well and others CONTENTS .双.
... Military favor the Independents , tiny of the Army , ... 331 332 Tor petition and remonstrate ; the Parliament perplexed , 333 PAGE A Military Parliament formed by Crom well and others CONTENTS .双.
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David Hume. PAGE A Military Parliament formed by Crom well and others , .. 334 The King seized by Joyce , Hypocritical Artfulness of Cromwell , The Army marches against the Parliament , 335 335 337 Heavy Taxes levied by Parliament ...
David Hume. PAGE A Military Parliament formed by Crom well and others , .. 334 The King seized by Joyce , Hypocritical Artfulness of Cromwell , The Army marches against the Parliament , 335 335 337 Heavy Taxes levied by Parliament ...
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... Military Power , Committee of Safety appointed by the Officers , « Foreign Affairs ; Siege of Copenhagen raised , Treaty of the Pyrenees , 498 498 499 499 General Monk ,. 501 He declares for the Parliament , 502 His Caution and Reserve ...
... Military Power , Committee of Safety appointed by the Officers , « Foreign Affairs ; Siege of Copenhagen raised , Treaty of the Pyrenees , 498 498 499 499 General Monk ,. 501 He declares for the Parliament , 502 His Caution and Reserve ...
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... military armaments ; and that great anticipations were likewise made on the revenues of the crown . They were not ignorant that Charles was loaded with a large debt , contracted by his father , who had borrowed money both from his own ...
... military armaments ; and that great anticipations were likewise made on the revenues of the crown . They were not ignorant that Charles was loaded with a large debt , contracted by his father , who had borrowed money both from his own ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 434 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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?