A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... council , a new admini- stration composed of the ablest and most esteem- ed men he could engage , and from which the ob- noxious Buckingham should have been excluded , which alone would have revived Charles's popularity . This new council ...
... council , a new admini- stration composed of the ablest and most esteem- ed men he could engage , and from which the ob- noxious Buckingham should have been excluded , which alone would have revived Charles's popularity . This new council ...
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... council to arm , with the assistance of the adjacent counties , so many vessels as were ap- pointed them . The city of London was rated at twenty ships . This taxation had been once imposed by Elizabeth ; but when Charles tried to carry ...
... council to arm , with the assistance of the adjacent counties , so many vessels as were ap- pointed them . The city of London was rated at twenty ships . This taxation had been once imposed by Elizabeth ; but when Charles tried to carry ...
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... council , issued for their commitment , was plead- ed ; and it was asserted , that it was not admitted by law as sufficient for refusing bail to the prisoners . The question was brought to a solemn trial before the king's bench , and ...
... council , issued for their commitment , was plead- ed ; and it was asserted , that it was not admitted by law as sufficient for refusing bail to the prisoners . The question was brought to a solemn trial before the king's bench , and ...
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... council . When the commons assembled , they appeared to be men of the same independent spirit with their predecessors , and possessed of such riches , that their property was computed to surpass three times that of the house of peers ...
... council . When the commons assembled , they appeared to be men of the same independent spirit with their predecessors , and possessed of such riches , that their property was computed to surpass three times that of the house of peers ...
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... council , would hereafter imprison any man for not lending money , or for any other cause , " which in his conscience he thought not to con- " cern cern the public good . " This promise , though enforced to the commons by the ...
... council , would hereafter imprison any man for not lending money , or for any other cause , " which in his conscience he thought not to con- " cern cern the public good . " This promise , though enforced to the commons by the ...
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Page 480 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 534 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 480 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 20 - 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 510 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel and the protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 473 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Page 179 - ... in that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects in general, was as much beloved, esteemed, and longed for by the people in general of the three nations, as any of his predecessors had ever been.
Page 178 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Page 8 - I pray you to consider what these new counsels are, and may be. I fear to declare those that I conceive. In all Christian kingdoms you know that parliaments were in use anciently, until the monarchs began to know their own strength ; and, seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the parliaments throughout Christendom, except here only -with us.
Page 63 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.