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... kingdom to the other ; and had occupied a greater extent of ground than those of the parliament . Many of the royalifts flattered themfelves , that the fame vigor- ous fpirit , which had elevated them to the prefent height of power ...
... kingdom to the other ; and had occupied a greater extent of ground than those of the parliament . Many of the royalifts flattered themfelves , that the fame vigor- ous fpirit , which had elevated them to the prefent height of power ...
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... kingdom , it con- tained twice as many members as commonly voted at Westminster . The houfe of commons confifted of about 140 ; which amounted not to above half of the other house of commons . So extremely light had government hitherto ...
... kingdom , it con- tained twice as many members as commonly voted at Westminster . The houfe of commons confifted of about 140 ; which amounted not to above half of the other house of commons . So extremely light had government hitherto ...
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... kingdom had alfo been infefted with war . Hopeton , having affernbled an army of 14,000 men , endeavoured to break into Suffex , Kent , and the fouthern affociation , which feemed well difpofed to receive him . Waller fell upon him at ...
... kingdom had alfo been infefted with war . Hopeton , having affernbled an army of 14,000 men , endeavoured to break into Suffex , Kent , and the fouthern affociation , which feemed well difpofed to receive him . Waller fell upon him at ...
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... kingdom , fled to Exeter , where fhe hoped to be delivered unmolested of the child with which fhe was now pregnant , and whence fhe had the means of an eafy escape into France , if preffed by the forces of the enemy . She knew the ...
... kingdom , fled to Exeter , where fhe hoped to be delivered unmolested of the child with which fhe was now pregnant , and whence fhe had the means of an eafy escape into France , if preffed by the forces of the enemy . She knew the ...
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... kingdom ; and , without delay , he went to Scarborough , where he found a veffel , which carried him beyond fea . During the enfuing years , till the restoration , he lived abroad in great neceffity , and faw , with indifference , his ...
... kingdom ; and , without delay , he went to Scarborough , where he found a veffel , which carried him beyond fea . During the enfuing years , till the restoration , he lived abroad in great neceffity , and faw , with indifference , his ...
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Page 140 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. 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 462 - My lord, I know very well that you are at the bottom of this late attempt upon my father. But I give you warning, if...
Page 72 - 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?
Page 142 - THE character of this Prince, as that of most men, if not of all men, was mixed; but his virtues predominated extremely above his vices, or, more properly speaking, his imperfections: For scarce any of his faults rose to that pitch as to merit the appellation of vices. To consider him in the most...
Page 215 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "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 you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you: he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 143 - Had the limitations on prerogative been in his time quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution. Unhappily, his fate threw him into a period when the precedents of many former reigns savoured strongly of arbitrary power, and the genius of the people ran violently towards liberty.
Page 142 - Juxon told them, that the king, having frequently charged him to inculcate on his son the forgiveness of his murderers, had taken this opportunity, in the last moment of his life, when his commands, he supposed, would be regarded as sacred and inviolable, to reiterate that desire; and that his mild...
Page 143 - Had he been born an absolute prince, his humanity and good sense had rendered his reign happy and his memory precious : had the limitations on prerogative been, in his time, quite fixed and certain, his integrity had made him regard, as sacred, the boundaries of the constitution.
Page 284 - ... north ? Be feared and courted by all foreign princes, and be adopted a brother to the gods of the earth ? Call together Parliaments with a word of his pen, and scatter them again with the breath of his mouth ? Reduce to...
Page 216 - ... illegal violence, with whatever pretences it may be covered, and whatever object it may pursue, must inevitably end at last in the arbitrary and despotic government of a single person.