The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes, Volume 7J. M'Creery, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... late . Essex's army , cooped up in a narrow corner at Lestithiel , deprived of all forage and provisions , and seeing no prospect of succour , was reduced to the last extremity . The king pressed them on one side ; prince Maurice on ...
... late . Essex's army , cooped up in a narrow corner at Lestithiel , deprived of all forage and provisions , and seeing no prospect of succour , was reduced to the last extremity . The king pressed them on one side ; prince Maurice on ...
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... late disputes , and so pas- sionately cherished by all his subjects . In this situation , surely , the nation governed by so virtu- ous a monarch , may , for the present , remain in tranquillity , Dugdale , p . 779 , 780 . 1 LVII ...
... late disputes , and so pas- sionately cherished by all his subjects . In this situation , surely , the nation governed by so virtu- ous a monarch , may , for the present , remain in tranquillity , Dugdale , p . 779 , 780 . 1 LVII ...
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... late of his error , left the fruitless attack on the enemy's artillery , and joined the king , whose infantry was now totally dis- comfited . Charles exhorted this body of cavalry not to despair , and cried aloud to them , One charge ...
... late of his error , left the fruitless attack on the enemy's artillery , and joined the king , whose infantry was now totally dis- comfited . Charles exhorted this body of cavalry not to despair , and cried aloud to them , One charge ...
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... late primate , sir Philip Nis- bet , sir William Rollo , colonel Nathaniel Gordon , Andrew Guthery , son of the bishop of Murray , Wil- liam Murray , son of the earl of Tullibardine , were condemned and executed . The sole crime imputed ...
... late primate , sir Philip Nis- bet , sir William Rollo , colonel Nathaniel Gordon , Andrew Guthery , son of the bishop of Murray , Wil- liam Murray , son of the earl of Tullibardine , were condemned and executed . The sole crime imputed ...
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... late to save him from the destruction with which he was instantly threatened . Fairfax was approaching with a powerful and victorious army , and was taking the proper measures for laying siege to Oxford , which must infallibly fall into ...
... late to save him from the destruction with which he was instantly threatened . Fairfax was approaching with a powerful and victorious army , and was taking the proper measures for laying siege to Oxford , which must infallibly fall into ...
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Page 74 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye : why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king ? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
Page 219 - 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!
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Page 154 - These meditations resemble, in elegance, purity, neatness, and simplicity, the genius of those performances, which we know with certainty to have . flowed from the Royal pen: but are so unlike the bombast, perplexed, rhetorical, and corrupt style of Dr. Gauden, to whom they are ascribed, that no human testimony seems sufficient to convince us that he was the author.
Page 219 - get you gone ; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a Parliament. I tell vou, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you: he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 113 - Parliament should guide and defend the kingdom by their own power and resolutions, and not accustom the people any longer to expect safety and government from an obstinate man, whose heart God had hardened...
Page 524 - You may rest secure, that though perhaps we may give way for the present to that which will be prejudicial both to the church and our own government, yet we shall not leave thinking in time how to remedy both.
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Page 288 - ... call together parliaments with a word of his pen, and scatter them again with the breath of his mouth ; to be humbly and daily petitioned...