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" I can hit right, I warrant you," and they not suffering the said door according to the custom of Parliament to be shut, but said they would have the door open, and if any opposition were against them, they made no question but they should make their party... "
A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the ... - Page 266
by George Brodie - 1822
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which ..., Volume 2

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 632 pages
...of them, holding up their " pistols cocked near the door of the house, which " they kept open, said, I am a good marksman ; I " can hit right, I warrant you : and said, they " would have the door open ; and if any opposition " was made, they made no question but...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 628 pages
...of them, holding up their " pistols cocked near the door of the house, which " they kept open, said, I am a good marksman ; I " can hit right, I warrant you : and said, they " would have the door open ; and if any opposition " was made, they made no question but...
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Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: John Pym; John Hampden. By John Forster

Statesmen - 1837 - 430 pages
...their swords ; and some holding up their pistols, ready cocked, near the said door ; and saying, ' I am a good marksman ; I can hit right, I warrant you ; ' and they not suf. fering the said door, according to the custom of parliament, to be shut ; but said, '...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 2

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 558 pages
...of them, holding up their " pistols cocked near the door of the house, which " they kept open, said, I am a good marksman ; I " can hit right, I warrant you : and said, they " would have the door open ; and if any opposiO 4 " tion was made, they made no question...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 2

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 632 pages
...of them, holding up their " pistols cocked near the door of the house, which " they kept open, said, I am a good marksman ; I " can hit right, I warrant you : and said, they " would have the door open ; and if any opposi" tion was made, they made no question but...
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The Fairfax Correspondence: Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the First, Volume 2

George William Johnson - Genealogy - 1848 - 460 pages
...the door open, having their swords drawn, and " pistols ready cocked near the said door." One said, "I am a good marksman— I can hit right, I warrant you." When some of the members arrived, and their attendants wished to clear a passage for them, these armed...
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The History of the Parliament of England: Which Began November 3, 1640; with ...

Thomas May - Civil War, 1642-1649 - 1854 - 540 pages
...up their swords, and some holding up their pistols ready-cocked, near the said door, and saying, " I am a good marksman ; I can hit right, I warrant you ;" and they not suffering the said door, according to the custom of parliament, to be shut, but said they...
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A Constitutional History of the British Empire: From the Accession ..., Volume 2

George Brodie - Constitutional history - 1866 - 548 pages
...there brandished their swords, while individuals of them, holding up their pistols, openly used such language as this: ' I am a good marksman, I can hit...them!" while others exclaimed, " A pox take the House * Journals of the Commons, vol. ii. et seq.; Cobbett's Purl. Hist. vol. ii. p. 308; Old Parl. Hist....
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Historical Notices of Events Occurring Chiefly in the Reign of Charles I.

Nehemiah Wallington - Great Britain - 1869 - 380 pages
...holding up their swords, and some holding up their pistols ready cocked near the said door, and saying, ' I am a good Marksman, I can hit right, I warrant you ; ' and they not suffering the said door, according to the custom of Parliament, to be shut ; but said they...
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English work and song amid the forests of the south, representations of old ...

English work - 1882 - 302 pages
...members sitting in silence. The Speaker in the chair. Tumult heard in the lobby, and voices crying, " I am a good marksman, I can hit right, I warrant you." " Have open that door there ; who minds the House of Commons." " What an ado is here with the House...
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