Life and Administration of Edward, First Earl of Clarendon: The life of Clarendon, 1838Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 |
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... — Meet- of Parties at the Chancellor's House . King's Declaration , framed by Hyde , concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs . - A Bill is brought in founded on the Declaration , and rejected — 33 quences . - - CHAP . III . 1660-1661 . A 3.
... — Meet- of Parties at the Chancellor's House . King's Declaration , framed by Hyde , concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs . - A Bill is brought in founded on the Declaration , and rejected — 33 quences . - - CHAP . III . 1660-1661 . A 3.
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... brought to a personal trial for their " said treasons , according to law , " all such persons shall , within four- teen days , render themselves , " under pain of being excepted from any " pardon or indemnity , both for their respective ...
... brought to a personal trial for their " said treasons , according to law , " all such persons shall , within four- teen days , render themselves , " under pain of being excepted from any " pardon or indemnity , both for their respective ...
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... brought in by the Committee , and ordered to be read.t But the cupidity of some of the members of the Legislature , in which the landed interest prevailed , promptly suggested an expedient . The Excise which * Commons ' Journals , Sept ...
... brought in by the Committee , and ordered to be read.t But the cupidity of some of the members of the Legislature , in which the landed interest prevailed , promptly suggested an expedient . The Excise which * Commons ' Journals , Sept ...
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... brought in , " to enable his Majesty to send “ out Commissioners to receive the free and voluntary contributions of " his people towards the present supply of his Majesty's affairs ; " ( Commons ' Journals , May 30. 1661 ) a mode of ...
... brought in , " to enable his Majesty to send “ out Commissioners to receive the free and voluntary contributions of " his people towards the present supply of his Majesty's affairs ; " ( Commons ' Journals , May 30. 1661 ) a mode of ...
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... brought with me , which was in- " deed your money . You sent it to me , and I " thank you for it . The weekly expense of the Navy eats up all you have given me by the Bill " of Tonnage and Poundage . Nor have I been " able to give my ...
... brought with me , which was in- " deed your money . You sent it to me , and I " thank you for it . The weekly expense of the Navy eats up all you have given me by the Bill " of Tonnage and Poundage . Nor have I been " able to give my ...
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Page 105 - I, AB, do declare 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 commissioned by him...
Page 56 - I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered ; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy.
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Page 545 - He was not a man of many words, and rarely begun the discourse, or made the first entrance upon any business that was assumed ; but a very weighty speaker ; and after he had heard a full debate, and observed how the House was like to be inclined, took up the argument, and shortly, and clearly, and craftily so stated it, that he commonly conducted it to the conclusion he desired...
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Page 144 - I wish I may be unhappy in this world and in the world to come, if I fail in the least degree of what I have resolved, which is of making my Lady Castlemaine of my wife's bedchamber. And whosoever I find in any endeavours to hinder this resolution of mine (except it be only to myself), I will be his enemy to the last moment of my life.
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Page 188 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 545 - He was, indeed, a very wise man, and of great parts, and possessed with the most absolute spirit of popularity, and the most absolute faculties to govern the people, of any man I ever knew.