The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury: From Original Documents in the Possession of the Family, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1836 |
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... continued , from the disso- lution of the parliament , March 10 , 1628-9 , to the meeting of the Long Parliament 85 CHAPTER IV . Summary view of Charles the First's reign continued , till the time when Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper began to ...
... continued , from the disso- lution of the parliament , March 10 , 1628-9 , to the meeting of the Long Parliament 85 CHAPTER IV . Summary view of Charles the First's reign continued , till the time when Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper began to ...
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... thus intro- duced or revived by him , was continued through the rest of his reign , and was carried on during the whole reign of his successor Charles the Second . therefore , I have commanded him to speak some- A.D. 56 LIFE OF THE.
... thus intro- duced or revived by him , was continued through the rest of his reign , and was carried on during the whole reign of his successor Charles the Second . therefore , I have commanded him to speak some- A.D. 56 LIFE OF THE.
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... continued , likewise , in the same temper . The haughtiness of his spirit , by a strange fatality , seemed to rise as the people's clamours and grievances rose ; and the greater his necessities were , the greater was his contempt of his ...
... continued , likewise , in the same temper . The haughtiness of his spirit , by a strange fatality , seemed to rise as the people's clamours and grievances rose ; and the greater his necessities were , the greater was his contempt of his ...
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... not be tortured into a capital offence.- Rushworth , vol.i. - Poor Elliot's death should never be forgotten when we speak of this man's character . CHAPTER III . Review of King Charles's conduct continued , 84 LIFE OF THE.
... not be tortured into a capital offence.- Rushworth , vol.i. - Poor Elliot's death should never be forgotten when we speak of this man's character . CHAPTER III . Review of King Charles's conduct continued , 84 LIFE OF THE.
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... continued , from the dissolu- tion of the parliament , March 10 , 1628-9 , to the meeting of the Long Parliament . A.D. 1629 . a co duct of Bad con- foreign affairs . WHILST the king was indulging his anger against the members of the ...
... continued , from the dissolu- tion of the parliament , March 10 , 1628-9 , to the meeting of the Long Parliament . A.D. 1629 . a co duct of Bad con- foreign affairs . WHILST the king was indulging his anger against the members of the ...
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Page 74 - 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 107 - was exceedingly disposed to please the King, and to do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.
Page 302 - I, AB, do swear 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 commissionated by him, in pursuance of such commissions, and that I will not at any time endeavour any alteration of government either in Church or State.
Page 394 - Fox's History of the early part of the reign of James II, that both these writers had been favoured with the sight as well of these notes.
Page 308 - This made him very popular; always speaking kindly to the husband, brother, or father, who was to boot very welcome to his house whenever he came. " There he found beef, pudding, and small beer in great plenty ; a house not so neatly kept as to shame him or his dusty shoes; the great hall strewed with marrow-bones, full of hawks, perches, hounds, spaniels, and terriers; the upper side of the hall hung with the fox-skins of this and the last year's killing; here and there a pole-cat intermixed; game-keepers'...
Page 20 - In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh! had he been content to serve the crown, With -virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Page 254 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia, and of all forces by sea and land, and of all forts and places of strength, is, and...
Page 309 - ... and hunters' poles in great abundance. ' The parlour was a large room as properly furnished. On a great hearth paved with brick lay some terriers, and the choicest hounds and spaniels. Seldom but two of the great chairs had litters of young cats in them, which were not to be disturbed; he having always three or four attending him at dinner ; and a little white...
Page 194 - They have not only subdued their enemies, but their masters that raised and maintained them; they have not only conquered Scotland and Ireland, but rebellious England too, and there suppressed a malignant party of magistrates and laws...
Page 310 - Martyrs; on the tables were hawks' hoods, bells, and such like, two or three old green hats with their crowns thrust in so as to hold ten or a dozen eggs, which were of...