The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 5C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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Page 663
... returned with him from a long exile , and who informs us that the paper con- tained the names of at least threescore and ten persons , who were thought fittest to be made privy counsellors ; that in this entire number there were only ...
... returned with him from a long exile , and who informs us that the paper con- tained the names of at least threescore and ten persons , who were thought fittest to be made privy counsellors ; that in this entire number there were only ...
Page 665
... returned the bill of indemnity to the Com- mons with the alterations we have mentioned ; and the Commons adopted the bill in that form . They , however , were anxious to save the lives of Sir Harry Vane and General Lambert ; and the ...
... returned the bill of indemnity to the Com- mons with the alterations we have mentioned ; and the Commons adopted the bill in that form . They , however , were anxious to save the lives of Sir Harry Vane and General Lambert ; and the ...
Page 672
... returned to parliamentary history and the great remonstrance printed in 1642 .- [ And here , again , he was stopped by Sir Orlando Bridgman , who told him that he must not cast in bones to make dissension and difference . ] - But Carew ...
... returned to parliamentary history and the great remonstrance printed in 1642 .- [ And here , again , he was stopped by Sir Orlando Bridgman , who told him that he must not cast in bones to make dissension and difference . ] - But Carew ...
Page 675
... returned a verdict of guilty . Colonels Axtell and Hacker , who had assisted at the trial and execu- tion , pleaded that , as military men , they were bound , under pain of death , by martial law , to obey the orders of their superiors ...
... returned a verdict of guilty . Colonels Axtell and Hacker , who had assisted at the trial and execu- tion , pleaded that , as military men , they were bound , under pain of death , by martial law , to obey the orders of their superiors ...
Page 676
... returned a hasty verdict of guilty against them . ' ' The first that suffered was Major - general Har- rison , -Harrison , whose honest soldier - like appear- ance and gallant bearing had removed the sus- picions and excited the ...
... returned a hasty verdict of guilty against them . ' ' The first that suffered was Major - general Har- rison , -Harrison , whose honest soldier - like appear- ance and gallant bearing had removed the sus- picions and excited the ...
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Page 886 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 15 - Resolve That William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be and be declared King and Queen of England...
Page 765 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 820 - Moreover when the Lord sent me forth into the world, he forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low; and I was required to ' thee ' and ' thou ' all men and women, without any respect to rich or poor, great or small.
Page 15 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 31 - Majesties did become, were, are and of right ought to be by the laws of this realm our sovereign liege lord and lady, king and queen of England, France and Ireland...
Page 44 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Page 883 - Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 146 - Parliament their famous motion, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty that he would be graciously pleased to remove the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole...
Page 713 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...